Characterization of border structure using Fractal Dimension in melanomas

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4088-4091

  Carbonetto, S H ^a   Lew, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Buenos Aires University   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; BOUNDARY IRREGULARITIES; BOX-COUNTING METHOD;

MEDICINE; PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

ARTICLE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

FRACTALS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78650817422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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