Normalization of local contrast in mammograms

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 731-738

  Veldkamp, Wouter J H ^a   Karssemeijer, Nico ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

IMAGE NOISE; MAMMOGRAMS; MICROCALCIFICATION; PHANTOM RECORDINGS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 0034214886     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.875197     Document Type: Article

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