Segmentation and analysis of the glomerular basement membrane using the split and merge method

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3064-3067

  Kamenetsky, Ilya ^a   Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a   Benediktsson, Hallgrimur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PROCESSING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; MANUAL MEASUREMENTS; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; SPLIT AND MERGE METHOD;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOPSY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; KIDNEY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BIOPSY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 61849165695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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