A cluster computer system for the analysis and classification of massively large biomedical image data

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-60

  Daggett, Thomas A ^a,b   Greenshields, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Cluster computing; Image processing; MRF Gibbs; Parallel computing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA STRUCTURES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES; CLUSTER COMPUTER SYSTEM; MEDICAL IMAGE ACQUISITION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCOMPUTERS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0031807067     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(97)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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