Fuzzy Logic for Medical Engineering: An Application to Vessel Segmentation

  • Guillermo Ayala
  • Teresa León
  • Victoria Zapater
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Fundus Image Fuzzy Random Variable Segmentation Procedure Vessel Segmentation Vessel Detection 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Guillermo Ayala
    • 1
  • Teresa León
    • 1
  • Victoria Zapater
    • 1
  1. 1.Dept. de Estadística e Investigación, OperativaUniversidad de ValenciaBurjasotSpain

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