ARTICLE
Year : 2011 | Volume
: 57 | Issue : 3 | Page : 237--245
Analysis of Three-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Human Liver Images
Michal Strzelecki1, Malrey Lee2
1 Institute of Electronics, Technical University of Lódz, ul. Wólczanska 211/215, 90-924 Lódz, Poland
2 Center for Advanced Image and Information Technology, Chonbuk National University, Division of Electronics and Information Engineering, 561-756 Jeonju, South Korea
Correspondence Address:
Michal Strzelecki
Institute of Electronics, Technical University of Lódz, ul. Wólczanska 211/215, 90-924 Lódz
Poland
Recent development in three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography with application in medical science demands the development of appropriate 3D image processing methods. It is therefore of interest to develop methods of image analysis, which would make use of this additional information. This article presents the classification and segmentation of 3D MR human liver images. The described experiments investigate whether it is possible to improve the accuracy of homogenous texture classification with the use of 3D analysis. Classification was performed both for 3D and two-dimensional data samples using Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrices. The proposed segmentation method is based on the 3D network of synchronized oscillators applied for 3D data. The principles of oscillator network operation are described here. The network was tested on sample 3D artificial images, and the segmentation results were compared with those obtained with the use of multilayer feedforward perceptron. It is demonstrated that the advantage of the discussed approach is its resistance to changes of visual image information caused, for example, by noise, that are very often present in biomedical images. The proposed technique was applied for segmentation of 3D liver images, and the sample results are presented and discussed.
How to cite this article:
Strzelecki M, Lee M. Analysis of Three-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Human Liver Images.IETE J Res 2011;57:237-245
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How to cite this URL:
Strzelecki M, Lee M. Analysis of Three-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Human Liver Images. IETE J Res [serial online] 2011 [cited 2013 May 26 ];57:237-245
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