Optimizing parameters for computer-aided diagnosis of microcalcifications at mammography

Academic Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 406-412

  Leichter, Isaac ^a,e   Lederman, Richard ^b   Buchbinder, Shalom ^c   Bamberger, Philippe ^d   Novak, Boris ^a   Fields, Scott ^b  

^a Departments of Electro Optics   (Israel)

^b Department of Electronics ^*  (Israel)

^c JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Mammography; Microcalcifications; Patient age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034121912     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(00)80380-3     Document Type: Article

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