C2G2FSnake: Automatic tongue image segmentation utilizing prior knowledge

Science China Information Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Shi, MiaoJing ^a   Li, GuoZheng ^a   Li, FuFeng ^b  

^a Ministry of Education   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

color space control; geometric Snake; parameterized Snake; Snake; tongue diagnosis; tongue segmentation

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC SNAKE; PARAMETERIZED; SNAKE; TONGUE DIAGNOSIS; TONGUE SEGMENTATION;

COLOR; GEOMETRY;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84883746457     PISSN: 1674733X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11432-011-4428-z     Document Type: Article

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