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Image Analysis and Segmentation of Anatomical Features of Cervix
Image Analysis and Segmentation of Anatomical Features of Cervix
ZML = arg max PX|Z (x, z) (6) Thus, the following inequality (equation 10) states the
z b−tuple variable xj . The inequity is
criteria for the n
a mathematical derivation from the logarithmic expres-
The formula for the MAP in that case is:
sion in equation 3 for the bimodal case (equation 11):
ZMAP = arg max PZ|X (x, z), (7)
z L(λ) = ln p(xZ |λ) + ln p(xC
Z |λ). (11)
that’s using the Bayesian rule, the relationship be-
tween ML and MAP is: The inequality that represents the criteria if a se-
lected vector is chosen to belong to ZMAP :
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