AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF EPIDERMAL THICKNESS AND VASCULAR DENSITY OF PORT WINE STAINS OCT IMAGE

CHENGMING WANG; TIANCHENG HUO; JING-GAO ZHENG; NING ZHANG; TIANYUAN CHEN; WENCHAO LIAO; YING WANG; YING GU; PING XUE

doi:10.1142/s1793545813500521

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