Brain lesion segmentation using fuzzy C-means on diffusion-weighted imaging

ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1138-1144

  Muda, Ayuni Fateeha ^a   Saad, Norhashimah Mohd ^a   Abu Bakar, S A R ^b   Muda, Sobri ^c   Abdullah, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brain lesion; Diffusion weighted imaging; Fuzzy c means

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923848905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18196608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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