Generalized region growing operator with optimal scanning: Application to segmentation of breast cancer images

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-50

  Belhomme, P ^a   Elmoataz, A ^a   Herlin, P ^b   Bloyet, D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE FRANÇOIS BACLESSE   (France)

Author keywords

breast cancer; colour image; DNA analysis; histological section; Image segmentation; medical imaging; region growing; watershed

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; WATERSHEDS;

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; COLOUR IMAGE; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; DNA ANALYSIS; GRAY LEVEL IMAGE; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; IMAGES SEGMENTATIONS; REGION GROWING; SEGMENTATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA DETERMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030906730     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.1510710.x     Document Type: Review

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