Title :
Optimized MR image segmentation for tissue characterization
Author :
Yan, Hong ; Gore, John C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Diagnostic Radiol., Yale Univ. Sch. of Med., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
A novel MR (magnetic resonance) image segmentation algorithm has been implanted for tissue classification. The original image is first split into two subimages to minimize a specified cost function. Each image is then split into two smaller subimages and this procedure is repeated for several levels. Finally subimages are merged into desired number of groups according to a measure of the distance between subimages.<>
Keywords :
biomedical NMR; computerised picture processing; medical computing; MR image segmentation; algorithm; computerised image processing; tissue characterization;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94547
