Improving the predictive value of mammography using a specialized evolutionary programming hybrid and fitness functions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5032 II, Issue , 2003, Pages 898-907

  Land Jr , Walker H ^a   McKee, Daniel W ^a   Lo, Joseph Y ^b   Anderson, Frances R ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive boosting; Breast cancer; Evolutionary programming; Fitness functions

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

FITNESS FUNCTIONS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042375847     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.483550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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