Classification of breast masses in mammograms using neural networks with shape, edge sharpness, and texture features

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  André, Túlio C S S ^a   Rangayyan, Rangaraj Mandayam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST MASS; EDGE SHARPNESS; MAMMOGRAM; SHAPE ANALYSIS; TEXTURE FEATURE;

EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 33744548422     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2178271     Document Type: Article

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