Detecting breast cancer from infrared images by asymmetry analysis

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1227-1228

  Qi, Hairong ^a   Snyder, Wesley E ^b   Head, Jonathan F ^c   Elliott, Robert L ^c  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Elliott Elliott Head Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry analysis; B zier histogram; Curvature analysis; Hough transform; Thermography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; EDGE DETECTION; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TUMORS;

ASYMMETRY ANALYSIS; BEZIER HISTOGRAM; BREAST CANCER; CANNY EDGE DETECTOR;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 0034440729     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2000.897952     Document Type: Article

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