Classification of breast abnormalities in digital mammograms using image and BI-RADS features in conjunction with neural network

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2487-2492

  Panchal, Rinku ^a   Verma, Brijesh ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS;

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS; IMAGE FEATURES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750113763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2005.1556293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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