Automated ovarian follicle segmentation using region growing

International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis, ISPA

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 157-162

  Potočnik, Božidar ^a   Zazula, Damjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Ovarian follicle segmentation; Region growing; Ultrasound; Weighted gradient

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

FULLY AUTOMATED; GREY LEVELS; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; OVARIAN FOLLICLES; REGION GROWING; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 84949660445     PISSN: 18455921     EISSN: 18492266     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISPA.2000.914907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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