Segmentation based on information fusion applied to brain tissue on MRI

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5298, Issue , 2004, Pages 492-503

  Dou, W ^a,b   Ruan, S ^a   Bloyet, D ^a   Constans, J M ^c   Chen, Y ^d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain tissue; Information fusion; MRI; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEUROLOGY; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE;

BRAIN TISSUES; FUZZY FEATURE FUSION; INFORMATION FUSIONS; NOISE LEVELS; PROTON DENSITY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 8844279051     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.526789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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