Brain tumor segmentation of MRI images: A comprehensive review on the application of artificial intelligence tools.

Journal: Computers in biology and medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Brain cancer is a destructive and life-threatening disease that imposes immense negative effects on patients' lives. Therefore, the detection of brain tumors at an early stage improves the impact of treatments and increases the patients survival rates. However, detecting brain tumors in their initial stages is a demanding task and an unmet need.

Authors

  • Ramin Ranjbarzadeh
    Department of Telecommunications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
  • Annalina Caputo
    School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Dublin City University, Ireland. Electronic address: annalina.caputo@dcu.ie.
  • Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee
    Department of Industrial Engineering, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: erfan.babaee@istinye.edu.tr.
  • Saeid Jafarzadeh Ghoushchi
    Department of Industrial Engineering, Urmia University of Technology (UUT), Urmia, Iran.
  • Malika Bendechache
    School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Dublin City University, Ireland.