An active contour model for measuring the area of leg ulcers

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1202-1210

  Jones, Tim D ^a   Plassmann, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active contour models; Area measurement; Minimax principle; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WOUND HEALING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; SKIN;

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODELS; LEG ULCERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034351111     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.897812     Document Type: Article

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