Overview and fundamentals of medical image segmentation

Handbook of Medical Image Processing and Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 73-90

  Rogowska, Jadwiga ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373904-9.50013-1     Document Type: Chapter

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