A novel fuzzy logic approach to microcalcification detection

Information Sciences

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 189-205

  Cheng, H D ^a   Chen, J R ^a   Freimanis, R I ^b   Jiang, X H ^a  

^a Utah State University ^*  (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; INFORMATION THEORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

MAXIMUM FUZZY ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; MICROCALCIFICATION CLUSTERS (MCC);

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0032204876     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-0255(98)10003-8     Document Type: Article

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