Hand radiograph image segmentation using a coarse-to-fine strategy

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2994-3004

  Han, Chin Chuan ^a   Lee, Chang Hsing ^b   Peng, Wen Li ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active contour model; Bone age assessment; Gradient vector flow; Metaphyseal epiphyseal region; Watershed transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BONE; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; BONE AGE ASSESSMENT; GRADIENT VECTOR FLOW; WATERSHED TRANSFORM;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 34250896747     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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