Brain magnetic resonance image segmentation based on an adapted non-local fuzzy c-means method

IET Computer Vision

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 610-625

  Chen, Y ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Wang, S ^a   Zheng, Y ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIS FUNCTIONS; ENERGY FUNCTIONS; FUZZY C-MEANS ALGORITHMS; FUZZY C-MEANS METHODS; INHOMOGENEITIES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; REGION INFORMATION; SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION;

FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84879709644     PISSN: 17519632     EISSN: 17519640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cvi.2011.0263     Document Type: Article

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