A neural-genetic algorithm for feature selection and breast abnormality classification in digital mammography

IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks - Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2303-2308

  Zhang, Ping ^a   Verma, Brijesh ^b   Kumar, Kuldeep ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST ABNORMALITY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FEATUIRE SELECTION; NEURAL-GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

BIOPSY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIOLOGY; SET THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 10844273163     PISSN: 10987576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2004.1380985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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