Region based techniques for segmentation of volumetric histo-pathological images

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-47

  Umesh Adiga, P S ^a   Chaudhuri, B B ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

3 D watershed; Dilation; Erosion; Histo pathological; Volume growing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

HISTOPATHOLOGICAL DATA; REGION-BASED SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALGORITHMS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 0033991126     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(99)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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