Segmentation of brain tissues from magnetic resonance images using adaptively regularized kernel-based fuzzy \(C\)-means clustering. (English) Zbl 1343.92260
Summary: An adaptively regularized kernel-based fuzzy \(C\)-means clustering framework is proposed for segmentation of brain magnetic resonance images. The framework can be in the form of three algorithms for the local average grayscale being replaced by the grayscale of the average filter, median filter, and devised weighted images, respectively. The algorithms employ the heterogeneity of grayscales in the neighborhood and exploit this measure for local contextual information and replace the standard Euclidean distance with Gaussian radial basis kernel functions. The main advantages are adaptiveness to local context, enhanced robustness to preserve image details, independence of clustering parameters, and decreased computational costs. The algorithms have been validated against both synthetic and clinical magnetic resonance images with different types and levels of noises and compared with 6 recent soft clustering algorithms. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithms are superior in
preserving image details and segmentation accuracy while maintaining a low computational complexity.
MSC:
| 92C55 | Biomedical imaging and signal processing |
| 90C70 | Fuzzy and other nonstochastic uncertainty mathematical programming |
Keywords:
regularized kernel-based fuzzy \(C\)-means clustering; brain magnetic resonance images; Gaussian radial basis kernel functions; clustering parametersSoftware:
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