A modified interval type-2 fuzzy C-means algorithm with application in MR image segmentation

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1329-1338

  Qiu, Cunyong ^a   Xiao, Jian ^a   Yu, Long ^a   Han, Lu ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad Naveed ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C means; Fuzzy; Image segmentation; Interval type 2 fuzzy sets; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

C-MEANS; FUZZY; FUZZY C-MEANS ALGORITHMS; INTENSITY INHOMOGENEITY; INTERVAL TYPE-2 FUZZY; INTERVAL TYPE-2 FUZZY SETS; MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS;

COPYING; FUZZY CLUSTERING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84878345544     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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