Improved fuzzy clustering algorithms in segmentation of DC-enhanced breast MRI

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 321-333

  Kannan, S R ^a,b   Ramathilagam, S ^a   Devi, Pandiyarajan ^b   Sathya, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dynamic contrast enhanced breast MRI; Fuzzy c means; Image segmentation; Kernel method; Spatial information

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENTROPY; FUZZY SYSTEM; KERNEL METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUNISHMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84860251277     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9478-z     Document Type: Article

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