An automatic microcalcification detection system based on a hybrid neural network classifier

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-167

  Papadopoulos, A ^a   Fotiadis, D I ^b   Likas, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection (CAD); Hybrid neural network; Mammography; Microcalcification detection

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

REGIONS OF INTEREST (ROI) SPECIFICATION;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUTOMATION; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTERS, HYBRID; DATABASES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036106379     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3657(02)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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