MRI Abdominal Organ Tissue Identification using Statistical Distance in Color Space

Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful medical imaging technique to provide detailed images of soft abdomen organ tissues. An automatic organ tissue identification algorithm is useful for physicians to perform initial reading and interpret MRI images. The algorithm presented in the paper uses the distance in color space between centers of organ tissues to identify abdominal organs in MRI images. Experimental results show the algorithm is effective in the RGB, LAB and AB color spaces