A massive multi-agent system for brain MRI segmentation

Authors:
Radia Haroun;Fatima Boumghar;Salima Hassas;Latifa Hamami
Affiliations:
Signal and Image Processing Post-Graduation, Electronics & Computing Faculty, USTHB, Algiers, Algeria;LRPE, Electronics & Computing Faculty, USTHB, Algiers, Algeria;LIRIS, Claude Bernard University-Lyon 1, France;Signal and Communications Laboratory, Electronic Department, ENP, Algiers
Venue:
MMAS'04 Proceedings of the First international conference on Massively Multi-Agent Systems
Year:
2004

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Abstract

There are several image segmentation algorithms; each one has its advantages and its limits. In this work, we aim to use the advantages of two algorithms, in a massive multi-agents environment. We use the FCM (Fuzzy C-Mean) algorithm, to manage uncertainty and imprecision and the Region Growing algorithm, to act locally on the image. The massive multi-agents paradigm is then introduced into the region growing process in order to improve the segmentation quality. However in some cases some defaults appear in the segmented image, we propose then the use of a double predicate for the Region Growing algorithm, through a massive cooperative process, in order to improve the quality of the segmented image. Massiveness of the system allows for a better quality analysis.