An improved method of region grouping for microcalcification detection in digital mammograms

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 361-368

  Qian, Wei ^a   Mao, Fei ^a   Sun, Xuejun ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Song, Dansheg ^a   Clarke, Robert A ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster oriented analysis; Computer assisted diagnosis; Digital mammography; Microcalcification clusters

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION;

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTRACTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036891442     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(02)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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