Wavelet-based multifractal formalism to assist in diagnosis in digitized mammograms

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 169-174

  Kestener, Pierre ^a   Lina, Jean Marc ^b   Saint Jean, Philippe ^b   Arneodo, Alain ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast tissue; Fractional Brownian motions; Hurst exponent; Image analysis; Mammogram; Microcalcifications; Multifractal formalism; Rough surface; Scale invariance; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346135137     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v20.p169-174     Document Type: Article

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