Density Correction of Peripheral Breast Tissue on Digital Mammograms

Radiographics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1403-1411

  Bick, Ulrich ^a   Giger, Maryellen L ^b   Schmidt, Robert A ^b   Nishikawa, Robert M ^b   Doi, Kunio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast radiography, technology, 00.119; Computers, diagnostic aid; Images, enhancement

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030280327     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.16.6.8946544     Document Type: Article

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