AbstructTo segment brain tissues in magnetic resonance images of the brain, we have implemented a stochastic relaxation method which utilizes partial volume analysis for every brain voxel, and operates on fully three-dimensional (3-D) data. However, there are still problems with automatically or semi-automatically segmenting thick magnetic resonance (MR) slices, particularly when trying to segm...

This article focuses on the detection of a brain tumor location in magnetic resonance images. The aim of this work is not the precise segmentation of the tumor and its parts but only the detection of its approximate location. It will be used in future work for more accurate segmentation. For this reason, it also does not deal with detecting of the images containing the tumor. The algorithm expe...

While functional brain imaging methods can locate the cortical regions subserving particular cognitive functions, the connectivity between the functional areas of the human brain remains poorly understood. Recently, investigators have proposed a method to image neural connectivity noninvasively using a magnetic resonance imaging method called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). DTI measures the mol...

The Gegenbauer image reconstruction method, previously shown to improve the quality of magnetic resonance images, is utilized in this study as a segmentation preprocessing step. It is demonstrated that, for all simulated and real magnetic resonance images used in this study, the Gegenbauer reconstruction method improves the accuracy of segmentation. Although it is more desirable to use the k-sp...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging is the best technique used in medical fields for diagnosis of brain tumors at advanced stages. Removing noise from the original MRI is still a challenging problem for researchers. Various approaches are designed and followed for Denoising. A new signal-preserving technique for noise suppression in event-related magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data is proposed based o...

Advances in computing technology have allowed researchers across many fields of endeavor to collect and maintain vast amounts of observational statistical data such as clinical data, biological patient data, data regarding access of web sites, financial data, and the like. This paper addresses some of the challenging issues on brain magnetic resonance (MR) image tumor segmentation caused by the...