Computing the Scatter Component of Mammographic Images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 301-313

  Highnam, R P ^a   Brady, J M ^a   Shepstone, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MODELS; TISSUE;

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE; SCATTER COMPONENT; SCATTERED RADIATION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028447206     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.293922     Document Type: Article

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