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Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 898430, 12 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/898430
Hemorrhage Detection and Segmentation in Traumatic Pelvic Injuries
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
2Department of Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
3Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA 23298, USA
4Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA 23298, USA
5Virginia Commonwealth University Reanimation and Engineering Science Center (VCURES), Richmond,
VA 23298, USA
Received 30 April 2012; Accepted 14 June 2012
Academic Editor: Guilherme de Alencar Barreto
Copyright © 2012 Pavani Davuluri et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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