Search algorithm of a maximum rectangular region for object description

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Chizaki, Motoi ^a   Ogawa, Koichi ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

DATA CORRECTION METHODS; MAXIMUM RECTNAGULAR REGION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0034594203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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