On the use of multifractal analysis and genetic algorithms for the segmentation of cervical cell images

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1227-1244

  Lassouaoui, Nadia ^a   Belouchrani, A ^b   Hamami Mitiche, L ^b  

^a Ctr de Rech sur l'Info Sci/Tech ^*  (Algeria)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE POLYTECHNIQUE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Cell images; Genetic algorithms; Segmentation in homogeneous areas; Singularity exponent; Unsupervised multifractal segmentation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FRACTALS; FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; TUMORS;

CELL IMAGES; MULTIFRACTAL SEGMENTATION; SINGULARITY EXPONENT;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0346897970     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001403002824     Document Type: Article

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