Optimally weighted wavelet transform based on supervised training for detection of microcalcifications in digital mammograms

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 949-956

  Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishikawa, Robert M ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b R2 Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustered microcalcifications; Computer aided diagnosis; Digital mammography; Optimization; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; E-LEARNING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); WAVELET TRANSFORMS; X RAY SCREENS;

AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVE; CLUSTERED MICROCALCIFICATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS(CAD); CONJUGATE GRADIENT ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; SUPERVISED LEARNING METHODS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 0031802950     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598273     Document Type: Article

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