Nasopharyngeal carcinoma lesion segmentation from MR images by support vector machine

2006 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1364-1367

  Zhou, J ^a   Chan, K L ^a,b   Xu, P ^b   Chong, V F H ^c  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMORS;

KERNEL MAPPING; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA (NPC) LESIONS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES (SVM);

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33750962195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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