Brain MRI denoizing and segmentation based on improved adaptive nonlocal means

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-248

  Aksam Iftikhar, Muhammad ^a   Jalil, Abdul ^a   Rathore, Saima ^a   Ali, Ahmad ^a   Hussain, Mutawarra ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

adaptive; brain MRI; denoizing; nonlocal means; segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE; AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; BRAIN MRI; COMPUTATIONAL BURDEN; DENOIZING; NON LOCAL MEANS (NLM); NON-LOCAL MEANS; SEGMENTATION RESULTS;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RESTORATION;

PIXELS;

EID: 84882347855     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: 10981098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ima.22057     Document Type: Article

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