DocumentCode
2127079
Title
Using fractal dimension for cancer diagnosis
Author
Dobrescu, Radu ; Talos, Florin ; Vasilescu, Catalin
Author_Institution
Bucharest Univ., Romania
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
173
Lastpage
176
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications 4th EURASIP-IEEE Region 8 International Symposium on VIPromCom
Print_ISBN
953-7044-01-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VIPROM.2002.1026650
Filename
1026650
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