Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 431-441 , September 2009

Automated brain tumor segmentation using spatial accuracy-weighted hidden Markov Random Field

  • Jingxin Nie

      Affiliations

    • Methodist Center for Biotechnology and Informatics, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Department of Radiology, The Methodist Hospital, USA
    • School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
    • ,
  • Zhong Xue

      Affiliations

    • Methodist Center for Biotechnology and Informatics, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Department of Radiology, The Methodist Hospital, USA
    • ,
  • Tianming Liu

      Affiliations

    • Methodist Center for Biotechnology and Informatics, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Department of Radiology, The Methodist Hospital, USA
    • ,
  • Geoffrey S. Young

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
    • ,
  • Kian Setayesh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
    • ,
  • Lei Guo

      Affiliations

    • School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
    • ,
  • Stephen T.C. Wong

      Affiliations

    • Methodist Center for Biotechnology and Informatics, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Department of Radiology, The Methodist Hospital, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 17 November 2008 ,Revised 30 March 2009 ,Accepted 3 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.04.006

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 431-441 , September 2009

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