Region merging strategy for brain MRI segmentation using dempster-shafer theory

Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 41-56

  Ghasemi, Jamal ^a   Karami Mollaei, Mohamad Reza ^b   Ghaderi, Reza ^c   Hojjatoleslami, S Ali ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain MRI Segmentation; Dempster Shafer Theory; Fuzzy c mean; MRI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899065235     PISSN: 17350654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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