The proliferation of Medical imaging and analysis on different
organs of the human body changed the diagnosis and treatment
planning views of radiologists on patients. Among all the other organs
of the human body, Brain is a core structure, and the organ
regulating the nervous system. The diseases effecting for different
organs of the body may limit to that organ or spread to other.
However, most of the brain diseases have an impact on the
functioning of other organs and these may put the patients in
dangerous situation leads to death . So, the identification and
treatment planning of brain diseases is an important task. The
automation of medical image diagnosis and analysis plays a vital role
in treatment decisions.
Analysis part of medical images are done by
processing them through some image processing techniques. To
analyze such medical images, one should have thorough knowledge of
anatomy of that organ.
A brain tumor known as an irregular mass of tissue, which cells
grow and multiply uncontrollably, seemingly uncontrolled by the
mechanisms that govern normal cells. Brain is encapsulated with a
hard-core called skull is very rigid. Any growth of abnormal cells
causes a problem in such a restricted space. Brain tumors can be
cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign).
According to the world health organization brain tumors are
categorized into four types, Grade I, II, III and IV . The grading of
the tumors is done based on their attributes.
