An RBF based classifier for the detection of microcalcifications in mammograms with outlier rejection capability

IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks - Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 1997, Pages 1379-1384

  Hojjatoleslami, A ^a   Sardo, L ^a   Kittler, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY DENSITY; GAUSSIAN CLASSIFIER; IMAGE IDENTIFICATION; MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; MLP NEURAL NETWORKS; NUMBER OF FALSE ALARMS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS;

ERRORS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; STATISTICS; X RAY SCREENS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR DETECTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

GAUSSIAN CLASSIFIERS; MICROCALCIFICATIONS (MC); RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION (RBF) CLASSIFIER;

EID: 0030692271     PISSN: 10987576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICNN.1997.613995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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