A two-step area based method for automatic Tight segmentation of zona pellucida in HMC images of human embryos

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3459, Issue , 2005, Pages 503-514

  Karlsson, Adam ^a   Overgaard, Niels Chr ^a   Heyden, Anders ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROBABILITY; TOPOLOGY;

HUFFMAN MODULATION CONTRAST MICROSCOPY (HMC); HUMAN EMBRYOS; TIGHT SEGMENTATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 24644476590     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11408031_43     Document Type: Conference Paper

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