Novel technique in the segmentation of magnetic resonance image

Kwok-Leung Chan

doi:10.1117/12.238001

16 April 1996 Novel technique in the segmentation of magnetic resonance image

Kwok-Leung Chan

Proceedings Volume 2710, Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238001
Event: Medical Imaging 1996, 1996, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

In this investigation, automatic image segmentation is carried out on magnetic resonance image (MRI). A novel technique based on the maximum minimum measure is devised. The measure is improved by combining the smoothing and counting processes, and then normalizing the number of maximum and minimum positions over the region of interest (ROI). Two parameters (MM_H and MM_V) are generated and used for the segmentation. The technique is tested on some brain MRIs of a human male from the Visible Human Project of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, USA. Preliminary results indicate that the maximum minimum measure can provide effective parameters for human tissue characterization and image segmentation with an added advantage of faster computation.

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Kwok-Leung Chan "Novel technique in the segmentation of magnetic resonance image", Proc. SPIE 2710, Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing, (16 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238001

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