Cerebrospinal fluid image segmentation using spatial fuzzy clustering method with improved evolutionary expectation maximization

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Afnizanfaizal, irayama, Akihiro, Yatsushiro, Satoshi, Matsumae, Mitsunori, Kuroda, Kagayaki
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: QH301 Biology; QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/50933/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6610261
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Visualization of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), that flow in the brain and spinal cord, plays an important role to detect neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. This is performed by measuring the substantial changes in the CSF flow dynamics, volume and/or pressure gradient. Magneti...