Shape-based feature selection for microcalcification evaluation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 1215-1224

  Marti, Joan ^a   Cufí, Xavier ^a   Regincós, Jordi ^a   Español, Josep ^b   Pont, Josep ^b   Barceló, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital mammograms; Feature evaluation; Image processing; Malignacy evaluation; Microcalcifications; Shape based features; Statistical classifiers

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CLASSIFIERS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS; FEATURE EVALUATION; MALIGNACY EVALUATION; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; SHAPE-BASED FEATURES; STATISTICAL CLASSIFIERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0142016976     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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