Segmentation and landmark identification in infrared images of the human body

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 957-960

  Herry, C L ^b   Frize, M ^a,b   Goubran, R A ^b  

^a IEEE

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY;

ANATOMICAL LANDMARKS; COMPUTERIZED PROCESSING; LANDMARK IDENTIFICATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFRARED RAYS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34047178500     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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