3-D reconstruction of microcalcification clusters using stereo imaging: Algorithm and mammographic unit calibration

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2058-2073

  Daul, Christian ^a,d   Graebling, Pierre ^b,e   Tiedeu, Alain ^c,f   Wolf, Didier ^a,d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY   (France)

^b Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^c Ecole National Superieure Polytechnique Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Mammographic unit calibration; Microcalcification clusters; Microcalcification matching; Microcalcification segmentation; Virtual optics model

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CAMERAS; MAMMOGRAPHY; TUMORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

3-D RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHIC UNIT CALIBRATION; MICROCALCIFICATION MATCHING; MICROCALCIFICATION SEGMENTATION; VIRTUAL OPTICS MODEL;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTICS; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 28844509162     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2005.857642     Document Type: Article

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