Color Image Segmentation for Bladder Cancer Diagnosis

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-120

  Chen, Chin Hsing ^a   Lee, Jiann Der ^b   Wang, Jenq Rong ^a   Mao, C W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bayesian algorithm; Bladder tumor diagnosis; Color image segmentation; Probabilistic relaxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031977872     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(97)00262-8     Document Type: Article

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