Detection of brain tumor in MRI images, using combination of fuzzy c-means and SVM

Abstract

MRI is the most important technique, in detecting the brain tumor. In this paper data mining methods are used for classification of MRI images. A new hybrid technique based on the support vector machine (SVM) and fuzzy c-means for brain tumor classification is proposed. The purposed algorithm is a combination of support vector machine (SVM) and fuzzy c-means, a hybrid technique for prediction of brain tumor. In this algorithm the image is enhanced using enhancement techniques such as contrast improvement, and mid-range stretch. Double thresholding and morphological operations are used for skull striping. Fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering is used for the segmentation of the image to detect the suspicious region in brain MRI image. Grey level run length matrix (GLRLM) is used for extraction of feature from the brain image, after which SVM technique is applied to classify the brain MRI images, which provide accurate and more effective result for classification of brain MRI images.