Improved Interpretation of Digitized Mammography with Wavelet Processing: A Localization Response Operating Characteristic Study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 697-703

  Kallergi, Maria ^a   Heine, John J ^a   Berman, Claudia G ^a   Hersh, Marla R ^a   Romilly, A Pat ^a   Clark, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1442354487     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.3.1820697     Document Type: Article

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