Extraction and segmentation of sputum cells for lung cancer early diagnosis

Algorithms

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 512-531

  Taher, Fatma ^a   Werghi, Naoufel ^a   Al Ahmad, Hussain ^a   Donner, Christian ^b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian classification; Image segmentation; Lung cancer detection; Mean shift algorithm; Sputum cells; Threshold algorithm

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN CLASSIFICATION; LUNG CANCER DETECTIONS; MEAN SHIFT ALGORITHM; SPUTUM CELLS; THRESHOLD ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; EXTRACTION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84886905535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/a6030512     Document Type: Article

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