Computerized image analysis: Estimation of breast density on mammograms

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1056-1069

  Zhou, C ^a   Chan, H P ^a   Petrick, N ^a   Helvie, M A ^a   Goodsitt, M M ^a   Sahiner, B ^a   Hadjiiski, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer risk; Breast density; Computer aided diagnosis; Image segmentation; Mammography; Thresholding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK PERCEPTION; TISSUE; X RAY SCREENS;

AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER RISK; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST DENSITY ESTIMATION; COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES; MAMMOGRAPHIC BREAST DENSITIES; RULE-BASED CLASSIFICATION; THRESHOLDING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0034968254     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1376640     Document Type: Article

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