Evaluation of the influence of image compression to the automatic discrimination of histological images of skin lesions

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-149

  Wiltgen, Marca ^a   Gerger, A ^a   Wagner, C ^a   Bergthaler, P ^a   Smolle, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Image compression; Medical image processing; Teledermatology; Tissue counter analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 2642542561     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633852     Document Type: Article

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