A study on the computerized fractal analysis of architectural distortion in screening mammograms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1299-1312

  Tourassi, Georgia D ^a   Delong, David M ^b   Floyd Jr , Carey E ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL DEVICES; FRACTALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCREENING;

ARCHITECTURAL DISTORTION (AD); DIGITAL DATABASE FOR SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY (DDSM); FRACTAL DIMENSION (FD); REGIONS OF INTEREST (ROI);

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 33144469333     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/5/018     Document Type: Article

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