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Automatic skull stripping in MRI based on morphological filters and fuzzy c-means segmentation

Enrico DaidoneRoberto Pirrone 6Edoardo ArdizzoneOrazio GambinoMatteo Sciortino

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Computer scienceComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISIONSensitivity and SpecificityFuzzy logicPattern Recognition AutomatedFuzzy LogicImage Interpretation Computer-AssistedmedicineHumansSegmentationComputer visionSettore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle Informazionimedicine.diagnostic_testSkull Stripping Fuzzy C-means Morphological Filters.business.industrySkullProcess (computing)BrainReproducibility of ResultsMagnetic resonance imagingImage segmentationImage EnhancementMagnetic Resonance ImagingSubtraction TechniquePattern recognition (psychology)Skull strippingArtificial intelligenceMr imagesbusinessAlgorithms

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In this paper a new automatic skull stripping method for T1-weighted MR image of human brain is presented. Skull stripping is a process that allows to separate the brain from the rest of tissues. The proposed method is based on a 2D brain extraction making use of fuzzy c-means segmentation and morphological operators applied on transversal slices. The approach is extended to the 3D case, taking into account the result obtained from the preceding slice to solve the organ splitting problem. The proposed approach is compared with BET (Brain Extraction Tool) implemented in MRIcro software.

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2012-01-192011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
https://doi.org/10.1109/iembs.2011.6091248