Detection of microcalcifications in digital mammograms using wavelet filter and Markov random field model

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 163-173

  Yu, Sung Nien ^a   Li, Kuan Yuei ^b   Huang, Yu Kun ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Aprro Technology Inc   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back propagation neural network; Bayes classifier; Mammograms; Markov random field; Microcalcifications; Wavelet representation

Indexed keywords

BACK-PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORK; BAYES CLASSIFIER; MAMMOGRAMS; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; WAVELET REPRESENTATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS; TUMORS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARKOV CHAINS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 33744520648     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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