Analysis of corneal images for the recognition of nerve structures

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 4739-4742

  Ruggeri, Alfredo ^a   Scarpa, Fabio ^a   Grisan, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

CORNEAL IMAGES; NERVE STRUCTURES; NEUROPATHY; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS;

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 34047097884     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259805     Document Type: Conference Paper

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