Title :
Using fractal dimension for cancer diagnosis
Author :
Dobrescu, Radu ; Talos, Florin ; Vasilescu, Catalin
Author_Institution :
Bucharest Univ., Romania
Abstract :
The paper presents an algorithm able to compute and to display the graphic of the distribution of fractal dimensions obtained from microscopic images of malignant tumors in various stages of evolution. Some considerations on the medical interpretation of these histograms are offered too.
Keywords :
cancer; edge detection; fractals; medical image processing; statistical analysis; tumours; cancer diagnosis; edge detection; fractal dimensions; histograms; malignant tumors; medical interpretation; microscopic images; Biomedical imaging; Cancer; Computer displays; Distributed computing; Fractals; Graphics; Histograms; Malignant tumors; Medical diagnostic imaging; Microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications 4th EURASIP-IEEE Region 8 International Symposium on VIPromCom
Print_ISBN :
953-7044-01-7
DOI :
10.1109/VIPROM.2002.1026650
