Processing of thermal images to detect breast cancer: Comparison with previous work

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1159-1160

  Frize, Monique ^a,b   Herry, Christophe ^a   Roberge, Roger ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MONCTON HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer detection; Digital infrared thermal imaging; Imaging processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ONCOLOGY;

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; DIGITAL INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0036911536     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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