Adaptive k-means clustering algorithm for MR breast image segmentation

Neural Computing and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 1917-1928

  Moftah, Hossam M ^a,c   Azar, Ahmad Taher ^b,c   Al Shammari, Eiman Tamah ^d   Ghali, Neveen I ^c,e   Hassanien, Aboul Ella ^c,f   Shoman, Mahmoud ^f  

^a BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GROUP IN EGYPT SRGE   (Egypt)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^e AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adaptive segmentation; Breast cancer; Image segmentation; K means clustering; Magnetic resonance (MR) image

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION;

ADAPTIVE SEGMENTATION; BREAST CANCER; EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; K-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHM; K-MEANS CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGY; OVERALL ACCURACIES;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84900860206     PISSN: 09410643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00521-013-1437-4     Document Type: Article

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