Combination of polar edge detection and active contour model for automated tongue segmentation

Proceedings - Third International Conference on Image and Graphics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 270-273

  Zuo, Wangmeng ^a   Wang, Kuanquan ^a   Zhang, David ^b   Zhang, Hongzhi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Active contour model; Automated tongue segmentation; Polar edge detection; Tongue diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; EDGE DETECTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; AUTOMATED TONGUE SEGMENTATION; POLAR EDGE DETECTION; TONGUE DIAGNOSIS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 17044430534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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