Image processing algorithms for digital mammography: A pictorial essay

Radiographics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1479-1491

  Pisano, Etta D ^a   Cole, Elodia B ^b   Hemminger, Bradley M ^a   Yaffe, Martin J ^d   Aylward, Stephen R ^a   Maidment, Andrew D A ^e   Johnston, R Eugene ^a   Williams, Mark B ^f   Niklason, Loren T ^j   Conant, Emily F ^g   Fajardo, Laurie L ^h   Kopans, Daniel B ⁱ   Brown, Marylee E ^a   Pizer, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Brooks Computer Science Building   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Breast radiography, 00.1215; Images, display, 00.1215; Images, processing, 00.1215; Radiography, digital, 00.1215

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BREAST DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034267949     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.5.g00se311479     Document Type: Review

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