A scalable system for microcalcification cluster automated detection in a distributed mammographic database

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 5-9

  Delogu, Pasquale ^a   Fantacci, Maria Evelina ^a   Preite Martinez, Alessandro ^a   Retico, Alessandra ^b   Stefanini, Arnaldo ^a   Tata, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; GRID applications; Mammography; Neural networks; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION (CADE); GRID APPLICATIONS; MAMMOGRAMS; MICROCALCIFICATION CLUSTER IDENTIFICATION;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746348750     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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