New range-based neighbourhood operator for extracting edge and texture information from mammograms for subsequent image segmentation and analysis

IEE Proceedings: Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 408-413

  Chandrasekhar, R ^a   Attikiouze, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE TEXTURES;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034313786     PISSN: 13502344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-smt:20000853     Document Type: Article

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