Contour extraction of glomeruli by using genetic algorithm for edge patching

IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-235

  Zhang, Jun ^a,b   Hu, Jinglu ^a   Zhu, Hong ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Canny operator; Genetic algorithm; Glomeruli extraction; Renal biopsy image

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; CURVE FITTING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

CANNY OPERATORS; CLOSED CURVE; COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM; CONTOUR EXTRACTION; DE-NOISE; GLOMERULI EXTRACTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; RENAL BIOPSY IMAGE;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 79953890307     PISSN: 19314973     EISSN: 19314981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tee.20649     Document Type: Article

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