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A Review of the Medical Image Segmentation Algorithms

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The discovery of X-ray in 1895 initiated the era of medical imaging diagnostics. Since then, medical imaging systems have realized unprecedented advancements. These systems have also turned out to be invaluable tools in the practice of diagnostic medicine. However, despite the significant development in medical imaging technologies, processing medical images still pose a substantial challenge especially when it comes to image segmentation. That problem is gradually being alleviated by the implementation of digital medical image processing, especially in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors. But the capability of most of the contemporary image delineating algorithms remains limited. Therefore, there is a need to come up with the new medical image segmentation programs to fully utilize the power of digital image processing. In light that, this article reviews some of the contemporary algorithmic protocols for brain tumor delineation systems and how effective they are.

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Anusha Linda Kostka, J.E. (2019). A Review of the Medical Image Segmentation Algorithms. In: Peng, SL., Dey, N., Bundele, M. (eds) Computing and Network Sustainability. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 75. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7150-9_30

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