Automatic tuning of a graph-based image segmentation method for digital mammography applications

2008 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, Proceedings, ISBI

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 89-92

  Susukida, Hirotaka ^a   Ma, Fei ^a   Bajger, Mariusz ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entropy; Image segmentation; Mammography; Minimum spanning tree

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ENTROPY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINIMUM SPANNING TREE;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 51049098944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2008.4540939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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