A programmable dsp development platform for automated detection of melanoma

IC-MED International Journal of Intelligent Computing in Medical Sciences and Image Processing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Wu, Y ^a   Chen, J ^a   Yuan, X ^b   Zouridakis, G ^a,b,c  

^a Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Engineering Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital Signal Processor; Fixed Point; Segmentation; Skin Cancer Detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922064106     PISSN: 1931308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1931308X.2009.10644167     Document Type: Article

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