Segmentation of vessels from mammograms using a deformable model

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-247

  Valverde, Francisco L ^a   Guil, Nicolás ^a   Muñoz, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deformable models; Mammograms; Noise reduction; Segmentation; Snakes; Vessel detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NOISE ABATEMENT;

MAMMOGRAMS; VESSEL EXTRACTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODEL; NOISE REDUCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VESSEL;

EID: 1242317736     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(03)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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