Semiautomated Image Segmentation of Bone Marrow Biopsies by Texture Features and Mathematical Morphology

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-38

  Meschino, Gustavo Javier ^a,b   Moler, Emilce ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Image analysis, computer assisted; Image segmentation; Mathematical morphology; Texture features

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADIPOCYTES; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELLS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYELOFIBROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 1342267401     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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