Automatic lung nodule segmentation using autoseed region growing with morphological masking (ARGMM) and feature ex-traction through complete local binary pattern and microscopic information pattern

EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 99-119

  Senthil Kumar, T K ^a   Ganesh, E N ^b   Umamaheswari, R ^c  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RAJALAKSHMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c VELAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

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EID: 84932093875     PISSN: 22797165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3269/1970-5492.2015.10.5     Document Type: Article

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