Segmentation of multiple sclerosis lesions in brain MR images using spatially constrained possibilistic fuzzy C-means classification

Journal of Medical Signals and Sensors

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Khotanlou, Hassan ^a   Afrasiabi, Mahlagha ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

brain imaging; Fuzzy classification; multiple sclerosis lesions; spatial information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880421452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22287477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2228-7477.95278     Document Type: Article

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