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Assessment of hydrocephalus in children based on digital image processing and analysis

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|Jun 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amcs-2014-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2083-8492 | Journal ISSN: 1641-876X
Language: English
Page range: 299 - 312
Submitted on: Jan 17, 2013
Published on: Jun 26, 2014
Published by: University of Zielona Góra
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2014 Anna Fabijańska, Tomasz Węgliński, Krzysztof Zakrzewski, Emilia Nowosławska, published by University of Zielona Góra
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