• DocumentCode
    3298443
  • Title

    The difference method: a way of detecting abnormalities in MRI images

  • Author

    Lee, Kwee Hiong

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    25-29 Oct. 1993
  • Firstpage
    1227
  • Abstract
    As the two hemispheres of the human brain are quite similar, this symmetrical property can be used to detect abnormalities that occur in the human brain. This paper describes such an application using neural networks on MRI images of the human head. The absolute difference in intensity between pixels taken from symmetrical areas (difference method) are operated on by the neural network and any major differences among them are highlighted. The neural network is based on the principle of WISARD.
  • Keywords
    biomedical NMR; brain; medical diagnostic computing; medical image processing; neurophysiology; MRI images; WISARD; abnormality detection; difference method; human brain; image processing; multiple valued probabilitic logic node; neural networks; Biological neural networks; Biomedical imaging; Humans; Laboratories; Magnetic heads; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical diagnostic imaging; Pixel; Probabilistic logic; Systems engineering and theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Neural Networks, 1993. IJCNN '93-Nagoya. Proceedings of 1993 International Joint Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1421-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IJCNN.1993.716766
  • Filename
    716766