{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3165116844","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ssd52085.2021.9429465","title":"MR Brain Image Segmentation Optimized by Using Ant Colony Algorithm","display_name":"MR Brain Image Segmentation Optimized by Using Ant Colony Algorithm","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-03-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3165116844","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ssd52085.2021.9429465","mag":"3165116844"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/ssd52085.2021.9429465","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ssd52085.2021.9429465","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2021 18th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5038427658","display_name":"Dalenda Bouzidi","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210119561","display_name":"Digital Research Centre of Sfax","ror":"https://ror.org/02s48dm85","country_code":"TN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210119561"]}],"countries":["TN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Dalenda Bouzidi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS),Tunisia","Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS), Tunisia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS),Tunisia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210119561"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS), Tunisia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210119561"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086175489","display_name":"Fahmi Ghozzi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8570-4282"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210119561","display_name":"Digital Research Centre of Sfax","ror":"https://ror.org/02s48dm85","country_code":"TN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210119561"]}],"countries":["TN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fahmi Ghozzi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS),Tunisia","Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS), Tunisia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS),Tunisia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210119561"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS), Tunisia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210119561"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058762615","display_name":"Ahmed Fakhfakh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3219-2371"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210119561","display_name":"Digital Research Centre of Sfax","ror":"https://ror.org/02s48dm85","country_code":"TN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210119561"]}],"countries":["TN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ahmed Fakhfakh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS),Tunisia","Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS), Tunisia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS),Tunisia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210119561"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of signals, systems, artificial intelligence and networks (SM@RTS), Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS), Tunisia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210119561"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5038427658"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210119561"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.1921,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.47029412,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1230","last_page":"1236"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10052","display_name":"Medical Image Segmentation Techniques","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10052","display_name":"Medical Image Segmentation Techniques","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12702","display_name":"Brain Tumor Detection and Classification","score":0.9940999746322632,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2808","display_name":"Neurology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13579","display_name":"Image and Video Stabilization","score":0.9805999994277954,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/image-segmentation","display_name":"Image segmentation","score":0.6997172832489014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6656466126441956},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ant-colony-optimization-algorithms","display_name":"Ant colony optimization algorithms","score":0.6353021860122681},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.6344621181488037},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/segmentation","display_name":"Segmentation","score":0.46250268816947937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pattern-recognition","display_name":"Pattern recognition (psychology)","score":0.45741456747055054},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-vision","display_name":"Computer vision","score":0.4548540413379669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ant","display_name":"ANT","score":0.4473504424095154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/image","display_name":"Image (mathematics)","score":0.4461475610733032},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ant-colony","display_name":"Ant colony","score":0.43500688672065735}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124504099","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56933","display_name":"Image segmentation","level":3,"score":0.6997172832489014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6656466126441956},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40128228","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460851","display_name":"Ant colony optimization algorithms","level":2,"score":0.6353021860122681},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.6344621181488037},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89600930","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423946","display_name":"Segmentation","level":2,"score":0.46250268816947937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153180895","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7148389","display_name":"Pattern recognition (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.45741456747055054},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.4548540413379669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97467695","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295802","display_name":"ANT","level":2,"score":0.4473504424095154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115961682","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860623","display_name":"Image (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4461475610733032},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60891933","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q796575","display_name":"Ant colony","level":3,"score":0.43500688672065735},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/ssd52085.2021.9429465","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ssd52085.2021.9429465","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2021 18th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":14,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1990368529","https://openalex.org/W2102848905","https://openalex.org/W2118573797","https://openalex.org/W2150630331","https://openalex.org/W2161913873","https://openalex.org/W2575552683","https://openalex.org/W2621365959","https://openalex.org/W2747530650","https://openalex.org/W2765961644","https://openalex.org/W2792971178","https://openalex.org/W2804147392","https://openalex.org/W3089420697","https://openalex.org/W6647627937","https://openalex.org/W6739182412"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4237535716","https://openalex.org/W2110363036","https://openalex.org/W2347951034","https://openalex.org/W2388326823","https://openalex.org/W2366876790","https://openalex.org/W2381829748","https://openalex.org/W4399062323","https://openalex.org/W2071981049","https://openalex.org/W2244460820","https://openalex.org/W2109336245"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"the":[1,12,19,29,46,79,92,99,108,115],"last":[2],"decades,":[3],"image":[4,32],"processing":[5],"has":[6],"become":[7],"an":[8,62,88],"interesting":[9],"task":[10],"in":[11,141],"field":[13],"of":[14,18,49,55,72,82,101,110,117,126],"medical":[15,22,42],"imaging.":[16],"one":[17],"most":[20],"important":[21],"imaging":[23],"techniques":[24],"used":[25],"for":[26,44,68,78,98],"diagnosis":[27],"is":[28,35,61,157],"magnetic":[30],"resonance":[31],"(MRI)":[33],"which":[34,130],"considered":[36],"to":[37,106,113,143,149],"be":[38],"a":[39,122,134],"very":[40],"useful":[41],"tool":[43],"detecting":[45],"tumor":[47],"progression":[48],"multiple":[50],"sclerosis":[51],"MS.":[52],"The":[53,154],"segmentation":[54,69,100],"brain":[56,118],"tumors":[57],"from":[58,121],"MRI":[59,73,102,119],"images":[60,120],"effective":[63],"technique.":[64],"Several":[65],"recent":[66],"approaches":[67],"and":[70,148],"classification":[71],"sequences":[74,140],"have":[75],"been":[76],"proposed":[77],"automatic":[80],"detection":[81],"MS":[83,128],"outliers.":[84],"This":[85],"paper":[86],"illustrates":[87],"algorithm":[89,156],"based":[90],"on":[91],"meta-heuristic":[93],"\u201cAnt":[94],"Colonies":[95],"Optimization":[96],"ACO\u201d":[97],"images.":[103],"We":[104],"propose":[105],"apply":[107],"technique":[109],"ant":[111],"colonies":[112],"estimate":[114],"segmentations":[116],"novel":[123],"MR":[124,136],"datasets":[125],"30":[127],"patients,":[129],"were":[131],"acquired":[132],"with":[133,138,151],"3T":[135],"scanner":[137],"conventional":[139],"order":[142],"optimize":[144],"their":[145],"overall":[146],"rendering":[147],"compare":[150],"consensual":[152],"segmentation.":[153],"submitted":[155],"evaluated":[158],"by":[159],"using":[160],"MATLAB":[161],"GUI":[162],"program.":[163]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}