Fractal geometry and multifractals in analyzing and processing medical data and images

Archive of Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-293

  Reljin, Irini S ^a   Reljin, Branimir D ^b  

^a PTT College   (Serbia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fractal Dimension; Fractals; Multifractals; Signal and Image Processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0036975420     PISSN: 03547310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/AOO0204283R     Document Type: Article

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