Tumor detection from small animal PET using clustering based on intensity and connectivity

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2580-2583

  Lee, Joung Min ^a   Song, Soo Min ^a   Kim, Kyeong Min ^b   Kim, Myoung Hee ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Radiation and Medical Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fuzzy c means clustering; Geometric clustering; PET of the tumor bearing small animal; Quantitative measurement; Tumor detection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ITERATIVE METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FUZZY C MEANS CLUSTERING; GEOMETRIC CLUSTERING; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SMALL ANIMAL; TUMOR DETECTION;

TUMORS;

EID: 84958238856     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: 14339277     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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