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Automatic Segmentation of Phalanx and Epiphyseal/Metaphyseal Region by Gamma Parameter Enhancement Algorithm

By: C. Hsieh,  C. Chen,  T. Jong,  T. Liu and  C. Chiu  
Open Access
|Mar 2012

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Language: English
Page range: 21 - 27
Published on: Mar 1, 2012
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Measurement Science
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2012 C. Hsieh, C. Chen, T. Jong, T. Liu, C. Chiu, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Measurement Science
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

Volume 12 (2012): Issue 1 (February 2012)