Lesion detection using an a-contrario detector in simulated digital mammograms

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6146, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Grosjean, Bénédicte ^a   Muller, Serge ^a   Souchay, Henri ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (France)

Author keywords

A contrario observer; Lesion detectability; Mammography simulation; Textured background

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TUMORS;

A-CONTRARIO OBSERVER; LESION DETECTABILITY; MAMMOGRAPHY SIMULATIONS; TEXTURED BACKGROUND;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745133382     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.654140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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