Mathematical morphology-based approach to the enhancement of morphological features in medical images

Journal of Clinical Bioinformatics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kimori, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest radiographic image; Contrast enhancement; Mammographic image; Mathematical morphology; Retinal image

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865321874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20439113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2043-9113-1-33     Document Type: Article

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