Size functions for the morphological analysis of melanocytic lesions

International Journal of Biomedical Imaging

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ferri, Massimo ^a   Stanganelli, Ignazio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC CLASSIFIERS; CENTER OF MASS; CROSS VALIDATION; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MELANOCYTIC LESION; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SIZE FUNCTIONS;

EID: 77951451077     PISSN: 16874188     EISSN: 16874196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/621357     Document Type: Article

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