Current methods in medical image segmentation

DL Pham, C Xu, JL Prince - Annual review of biomedical …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Image segmentation plays a crucial role in many medical-imaging applications, by
automating or facilitating the delineation of anatomical structures and other regions of …

Automated medical image segmentation techniques

N Sharma, LM Aggarwal - Journal of medical physics, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Accurate segmentation of medical images is a key step in contouring during radiotherapy
planning. Computed topography (CT) and Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are the most …

A modified fuzzy c-means algorithm for bias field estimation and segmentation of MRI data

MN Ahmed, SM Yamany, N Mohamed… - IEEE transactions on …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel algorithm for fuzzy segmentation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
data and estimation of intensity inhomogeneities using fuzzy logic. MRI intensity …

A review of methods for correction of intensity inhomogeneity in MRI

U Vovk, F Pernus, B Likar - IEEE transactions on medical …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medical image acquisition devices provide a vast amount of anatomical and functional
information, which facilitate and improve diagnosis and patient treatment, especially when …

Magnetic resonance image tissue classification using a partial volume model

DW Shattuck, SR Sandor-Leahy, KA Schaper… - NeuroImage, 2001 - Elsevier
We describe a sequence of low-level operations to isolate and classify brain tissue within T1-
weighted magnetic resonance images (MRI). Our method first removes nonbrain tissue …

Adaptive fuzzy segmentation of magnetic resonance images

DL Pham, JL Prince - IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An algorithm is presented for the fuzzy segmentation of two-dimensional (2-D) and three-
dimensional (3-D) multispectral magnetic resonance (MR) images that have been corrupted …

Model-based image reconstruction for MRI

JA Fessler - IEEE signal processing magazine, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a sophisticated and versatile medical imaging
modality. The inverse FFT has served the MR community very well as the conventional …

Image segmentation using fuzzy clustering: A survey

S Naz, H Majeed, H Irshad - 2010 6th international conference …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a survey of latest image segmentation techniques using fuzzy
clustering. Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) Clustering is the most wide spread clustering approach for …

An adaptive spatial fuzzy clustering algorithm for 3-D MR image segmentation

AWC Liew, H Yan - IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An adaptive spatial fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm is presented in this paper for the
segmentation of three-dimensional (3-D) magnetic resonance (MR) images. The input …

Intensity non-uniformity correction in MRI: existing methods and their validation

B Belaroussi, J Milles, S Carme, YM Zhu… - Medical image …, 2006 - Elsevier
Magnetic resonance imaging is a popular and powerful non-invasive imaging technique.
Automated analysis has become mandatory to efficiently cope with the large amount of data …