Performance evaluation of image processing algorithms for automatic detection and quantification of abnormality in medical thermograms

Proceedings - International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications, ICCIMA 2007

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 388-393

  Selvarasu, N ^a   Vivek, Sangeetha ^a   Nandhitha, N M ^b  

^a Tamil Nadu Educational and Medical Trust   (India)

^b SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Morphological operators; Seed; Sobel; Thermograms; Threshold

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SPECIFICITY; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATORS; THERMOGRAMS; TIME CONSUMPTION;

ALGORITHMS; DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PIXELS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 41149176080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCIMA.2007.345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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