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Hierarchical fuzzy segmentation of brain MR images

✍ Scribed by M. J. Kwon; Y. J. Han; I. H. Shin; H. W. Park

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 787 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 0899-9457
DOI: 10.1002/ima.10035

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Abstract

In brain magnetic resonance (MR) images, image segmentation and 3D visualization are very useful tools for the diagnosis of abnormalities. Segmentation of white matter (WM), gray matter (GM), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is the basic process for 3D visualization of brain MR images. Of the many algorithms, the fuzzy c‐means (FCM) technique has been widely used for segmentation of brain MR images. However, the FCM technique does not yield sufficient results under radio frequency (RF) nonuniformity. We propose a hierarchical FCM (HFCM), which provides good segmentation results under RF nonuniformity and does not require any parameter setting. We also generate Talairach templates of the brain that are deformed to 3D brain MR images. Using the deformed templates, only the cerebrum region is extracted from the 3D brain MR images. Then, the proposed HFCM partitions the cerebrum region into WM, GM, and CSF. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol 13, 115–125, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/ima.10035

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