Fuzzy fusion operators to combine results of complementary medical image segmentation techniques

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-389

  Guliato, Denise ^a   Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^b   Carnielli, Walter A ^c   Zuffo, João A ^d   Desautels, J E Leo ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Screen Test Alberta   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR DETECTION; FUZZY FUSION OPERATORS; RADIOLOGIST;

FINITE AUTOMATA; FUZZY SETS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0041940230     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1578639     Document Type: Article

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