Classification algorithms for microcalcifications in mammograms (Review)

Oncology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1049-1055

  Sakka, E ^a   Prentza, A ^a   Koutsouris, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classification; Feature extraction; Microcalcifications; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; BREAST TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 33645778548     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.15.4.1049     Document Type: Review

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