Computer aided detection of microcalcifications in digital mammograms

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 267-286

  Boccignone, Giuseppe ^a   Chianese, Angelo ^b   Picariello, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Image processing; Mammogram analysis; Microcalcification detection; Renyi's entropy; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BREAST CANCER; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE; THEORY;

EID: 0034285185     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(00)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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