A novel approach to microcalcification detection using fuzzy logic technique

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 442-450

  Cheng, Heng Da ^a,b   Lui, Yui Man ^a,b   Freimanis, Rita I ^a,b  

^a Utah State University ^*  (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fuzzy entopy; Fuzzy logic; Microcalcification; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); FUZZY SETS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

MICROCALCIFICATION;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032081268     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.712133     Document Type: Article

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