Segmentation of Microcalcifications in Mammograms

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 634-642

  Dengler, Joachim ^a   Behrens, Sabine ^b   Desaga, Johann Friedrich ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL FILTERS;

GAUSSIAN FILTERS; MAMMOGRAMS; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; SEGMENTATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0027872823     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.251111     Document Type: Article

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