A novel region-based approach for extracting brain tumor in CT images with precision

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2488-2492

  Chuang, Cheng Long ^a   Chen, Chun Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 D CT image; Brain tumor; Mathematical morphology; Region growing

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MEDICINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUMORS;

BRAIN TUMORS; CT IMAGE; IMAGE-BASED OBJECTS; REGION BASED APPROACH; REGION GROWING; REGION GROWING ALGORITHM; TIME CONSUMPTION; TUMOR SEGMENTATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84958246927     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: 14339277     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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