Detecting microcalcification clusters in digital mammograms using combination of wavelet and neural network

Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Vision: New Trends 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 197-201

  Rezai Rad, Gholamali ^a   Jamarani, Sepehr ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnosis; Microcalcification; Neural networks; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS; MICROCALCIFICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC (ROC);

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; TUMORS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748873731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CGIV.2005.30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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