A novel fuzzy pixel intensity correlation based segmentation algorithm for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

• Published in: Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 78; no. 9; pp. 12465 - 12489
• Main Authors: Ghosh, Sukanta, Chandra, Abhijit, Mudi, Rajani K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.05.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algorithms; Alzheimer's disease; Brain; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Data Structures and Information Theory; Fuzzy systems; Gray scale; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Multimedia Information Systems; Pixels; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; MRI scans; Fuzzy inference system; Alzheimer’s disease (AD); Fuzzy connectedness algorithm; Edge detection

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is considered to be one of the most fatal neurological disorders and is identified as significant tissue loss in the hippocampus region of human brain. This paper presents a fuzzy based novel segmentation algorithm for brain MRI images. A structuring element for opening of g...