Identification of regions of interest in digital mammograms

Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-210

  Singh, Sameer ^a   Al Mansoori, Reem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATION; REGIONS OF INTEREST;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033723964     PISSN: 03341860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JISYS.2000.10.2.183     Document Type: Article

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