Connective tissue representation for detection of microcalcifications in digital mammograms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 III, Issue , 2002, Pages 1246-1256

  McLoughlin, Kristin J ^a   Bones, Philip J ^a   Kovesi, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; Connective tissue; Microcalcification; Phase congruency

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TUMORS;

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS; MICROCALCIFICATIONS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036029370     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467084     Document Type: Article

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