Digitization requirements in mammography: Effects on computer-aided detection of microcalcifications

Medical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 1203-1211

  Chan, Heang Ping ^a   Niklason, Loren T ^a   Ikeda, Debra M ^a   Lam, Kwok Leung ^a   Adler, Dorit D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

computer aided diagnosis; digital; gray level resolution; mammography; microcalcifications; resolution; spatial

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PIXELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY SCREENS;

COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; DIGITAL; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS; GRAY-LEVEL; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL FILTERING; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0028064987     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597354     Document Type: Article

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