Contrast enhancement in dense breast images using the modulation transfer function

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2925-2936

  Nunes, Fátima L S ^a   Schiabel, Homero ^b   Benatti, Rodrigo H ^b  

^a Faculdade de Informatica de Marilia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Dense breasts; Image processing; Mammography; Modulation transfer function

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CLUSTERED MICROCALCIFICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS(CAD); CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DENSE BREASTS; PREPROCESSING TECHNIQUES; QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036917160     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1521119     Document Type: Article

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