An algorithm for detecting brain tumors in MRI images

Author

Badran, Ehab F. ; Mahmoud, Esraa Galal ; Hamdy, Nadder

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Arab Acad. for Sci. & Technol. & Maritime Transp., Alexandria, Egypt

fYear

2010

fDate

Nov. 30 2010-Dec. 2 2010

Firstpage

368

Lastpage

373

Abstract

In this paper, a computer-based method for defining tumor region in the brain using MRI images is presented. A classification of brain into healthy brain or a brain having a tumor is first done which is then followed by further classification into begnin or malignant tumor. The algorithm incorporates steps for preprocessing, image segmentation, feature extraction and image classification using neural network techniques. Finally the tumor area is specified by region of interest technique as confirmation step. A user friendly Matlab GUI program has been constructed to test the proposed algorithm.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; brain; feature extraction; graphical user interfaces; image classification; image segmentation; medical image processing; neural nets; tumours; MRI images; Matlab GUI program; begnin tumor; brain classification; brain tumor detection; computer-based method; feature extraction; healthy brain; image classification; image segmentation; malignant tumor; neural network techniques; tumor region; Biological neural networks; Feature extraction; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tumors; brain tumor; feature extraction; image segmentation; neural networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Engineering and Systems (ICCES), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7040-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCES.2010.5674887

Filename

5674887