Improved active contour models with application to measurement of leg ulcers

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-326

  Plassmann, Peter ^a   Jones, Timothy David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODELS; CHRONIC SKIN WOUNDS; DELINEATION METHOD; LEG ULCERS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SKIN;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0037721324     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1557159     Document Type: Article

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