The influence of noise on the generalized dimensions

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 707-717

  Ahammer, H ^a   Devaney, T T J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTALS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER CELLS; CANCER SPHEROID; PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS; REAL OBJECTS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 18844435714     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2005.01.050     Document Type: Article

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