Segmentation and feature extraction for reliable classification of microcalcifications in digital mammograms

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-235

  Wroblewska A ^a   Boninski P ^a   Przelaskowski, A ^a   Kazubek, M ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Digital mammography; Microcalcification detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TUMORS;

HISTOGRAMS; IMAGE THRESHOLDING; MICROCALCIFICATION DETECTION;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0347596501     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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