Evaluating the performance of detection algorithms in digital mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-276

  Kallergi, Maria ^a,b   Carney, Gregory M ^a   Gaviria, Jorge ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD evaluation criteria; CAD performance measures; Computer assisted diagnosis (CAD); Digital mammography

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER METHODOLOGY; DETECTION ALGORITHM; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION CRITERIA; EVALUATION STRATEGIES; NEAREST NEIGHBOR DISTANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASURE;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032942769     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598514     Document Type: Article

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