A multiscale approach to automatic medical image segmentation using self-organizing map

Journal of Computer Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 402-409

  Ma, Feng ^a   Xia, Shaowei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Medical image segmentation; Multiscale; Multiscale edge detection algorithm; Self organizing map; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBJECT RECOGNITION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MULTISCALE EDGE DETECTION ALGORITHMS; SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS (SOM);

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0032165550     PISSN: 10009000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02948498     Document Type: Article

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