Computer-aided detection of clustered microcalcifications: An improved method for grouping detected sianals

Medical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1661-1666

  Nishikawa, Robert M ^a   Giger, Maryellen L ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a   Vyborny, Carl J ^a   Schmidt, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

computer aided diagnosis; digital radiography; mammography; microcalcifications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027144471     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596952     Document Type: Article

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