Segmentation of brain MRI using an altruistic Harris Hawks’ Optimization algorithm

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Highlights：

• Improving Harris Hawks optimization by using the concept of altruism.

• Introducing a hybrid entropy function for image thresholding.

• Test the proposed algorithm for solving the problem of image thresholding.

• Apply the proposed thresholding method for MRI brain segmentation.

摘要

•Improving Harris Hawks optimization by using the concept of altruism.•Introducing a hybrid entropy function for image thresholding.•Test the proposed algorithm for solving the problem of image thresholding.•Apply the proposed thresholding method for MRI brain segmentation.

论文关键词：Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),Brain MRI segmentation,Metaheuristic,Altruism,Hybrid objective function

论文评审过程：Received 15 April 2021, Revised 7 September 2021, Accepted 8 September 2021, Available online 14 September 2021, Version of Record 24 September 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2021.107468