A robust thresholding method with applications to brain MR image segmentation

European Signal Processing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ekin, Ahmet ^a   Jasinschi, Radu ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MR; BRAIN MR IMAGE SEGMENTATION; CLASS MEAN; DATA SETS; GRAY MATTER; IMAGE CONTRASTS; IRON ACCUMULATION; PARAMETER VALUES; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SEGMENTATION PERFORMANCE; THRESHOLDING METHODS; VISUAL QUALITIES; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DEGRADATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84862597968     PISSN: 22195491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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