Fuzzy logic and scale space approach to microcalcification detection

ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 345-348

  Cheng, H D ^a   Wang, Jingli ^a  

^a Utah State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Fuzzy logic; Homogeneity; Laplacian of a Gaussian (LoG); Maximum entropy principle; Microcalcification; S function; Scale Space

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; SET THEORY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TUMORS;

MICROCALCIFICATION DETECTION;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0141590265     PISSN: 15206149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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