MR Brain Image Segmentation Using Spatial Fuzzy C- Means Clustering Algorithm

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Safa Soud Mahdi
Reem Shakir Mahmood

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conventional FCM algorithm does not fully utilize the spatial information in the image. In this research, we use a FCM algorithm that incorporates spatial information into the membership function for clustering. The spatial function is the summation of the membership functions in the neighborhood of each pixel under consideration. The advantages of the method are that it is less
sensitive to noise than other techniques, and it yields regions more homogeneous than those of other methods. This technique is a powerful method for noisy image segmentation. 

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“MR Brain Image Segmentation Using Spatial Fuzzy C- Means Clustering Algorithm” (2014) Journal of Engineering, 20(09), pp. 78–89. doi:10.31026/j.eng.2014.09.06.

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