A completely automated CAD system for mass detection in a large mammographic database

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3066-3075

  Bellotti, R ^a   De Carlo, F ^a   Tangaro, S ^a   Gargano, G ^a   Maggipinto, G ^a   Castellano, M ^b   Massafra, R ^a   Cascio, D ^c   Fauci, F ^c   Magro, R ^c   Raso, G ^c   Lauria, A ^d   Forni, G ^d   Bagnasco, S ^e   Cerello, P ^e   Zanon, E ^e   Cheran, S C ^f   Lopez Torres, E ^g   Bottigli, U ^h   Masala, G L ^h   Oliva, P ^h   Retico, A ⁱ   Fantacci, M E ⁱ   Cataldo, R ^j   De Mitri, I ^j   De Nunzio, G ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g CAEDEN   (Cuba)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Computer aided detection (CAD); Image processing; Mammographic mass detection; Neural network; Textural features

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS; TEXTURES; X RAY SCREENS;

AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION; MAMMOGRAPHIC MASS; MONOTONIC TRANSFORMATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; TEXTURAL FEATURE;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33746659809     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2214177     Document Type: Article

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