Abstract
This paper presents a new segmentation method for ultrasound images. A new incremental self-organized map is proposed for the segmentation of the ultrasound images. Elements of the feature vectors are formed by the fast Fourier transform (FFT) of image intensities in 4×4 square blocks. In this study, two neural networks for segmentation are comparatively examined: Kohonen map, and incremental self-organized map (ISOM). It is observed that ISOM gives the best classification performance with less number of nodes after a short training time.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2638-2640 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Annual Reports of the Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University |
| Volume | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
| Event | 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 25 Oct 2001 → 28 Oct 2001 |
Keywords
- Classification
- Multilayer perceptron
- Neural networks
- Segmentation of biomedical images
- Self organized map