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Application of morphological connected openings and levelings on magnetic resonance images of the brain
Author(s) -
MendiolaSantibañez Jorge D.,
TerolVillalobos Iván R.,
JiménezSánchez Angélica R.,
GallegosDuarte Martín,
RodriguezResendiz Juvenal,
Santillan Israel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of imaging systems and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1098-1098
pISSN - 0899-9457
DOI - 10.1002/ima.20299
Subject(s) - neuroanatomy , computer science , mathematical morphology , brain morphometry , white matter , magnetic resonance imaging , gray (unit) , artificial intelligence , image processing , anatomy , image (mathematics) , biology , medicine , nuclear medicine , radiology
In this article, several advanced connected transformations from mathematical morphology for computational neuroanatomy applications are developed. In particular, brain is separated from the skull in MRI T 1 using morphological connected openings. The use of connected transformations allow the preservation of regions, without introduce new information. As a result, the segmented brains preserve by complete information of the original images being more reliable for the specialist who deals with information such as white and gray matter. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J ImagingSyst Technol, 21, 336–348, 2011