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Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing IV – João Tavares & Natal Jorge (eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00081-0
An automatic blood detection algorithm for wireless capsule
endoscopy images
Isabel N. Figueiredo, Sunil Kumar & Carlos Leal
CMUC, Department of Mathematics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Pedro N. Figueiredo
Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
ABSTRACT: Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) is a noninvasive color imaging technique that has
been introduced for the screening of the small intestine, which is difficult to reach through conventional
endoscopies. A major problem with this ...