International Journal of Medical Imaging

Volume 5, Issue 6, November 2017

  • A Systematic Survey and Evaluation of Blood Vessel Extraction Techniques

    Kalim Qureshi

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 6, November 2017
    Pages: 63-69
    Received: Oct. 11, 2017
    Accepted: Oct. 31, 2017
    Published: Dec. 27, 2017
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    Abstract: The automatic extraction of brain vessels from Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) has found its application in vascular disease diagnosis, endovascular operation and neurosurgical planning. In this paper we first present a concise methodology, pros & cons of well-known vessel extraction techniques. A systematic survey of latest development in the... Show More
  • On Feature Selection Methods for Accurate Classification and Analysis of Emphysema CT Images

    Musibau Adekunle Ibrahim, Oladotun Ayotunde Ojo, Peter Adefioye Oluwafisoye

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 6, November 2017
    Pages: 70-78
    Received: Dec. 19, 2017
    Accepted: Jan. 02, 2018
    Published: Jan. 19, 2018
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    Abstract: Feature selection techniques to search for the relevant features that would have the greatest influence on the predictive accuracy have been modified and applied in this paper. Selection search iteratively evaluates a subset of the feature, then modifies the subset and evaluates if the new subset is an improvement over the previous. The performance... Show More