Multi-seed segmentation of the primary tumor mass in neuroblastoma using opening-by-reconstruction

Proceedings of the Fourth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 242-249

  Vu, Randy H ^a   Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a   Boag, Graham S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy connectivity; Multi seed segmentation; Neuroblastoma; Opening by reconstruction

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

FUZZY CONNECTIVITY; MULTI-SEED SEGMENTATION; NEUROBLASTOMA; OPENING-BY-RECONSTRUCTION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33748955136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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