Adaptive feature enhancement for mammographic images with wavelet multiresolution analysis

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 467-478

  Chen, Lulin ^a   Chen, Chang W ^b,c,d   Parker, Kevin J ^a,e  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0345338569     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.276849     Document Type: Article

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