Mammogram segmentation by contour searching and mass lesions classification with neural network

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2827-2833

  Cascio, D ^a,b   Fauci, F ^a,b   Magro, R ^a,b   Raso, G ^a,b   Bellotti, R ^c,d   De Carlo, F ^c,d   Tangaro, S ^c,d   De Nunzio, G ^e,f   Quarta, M ^e,f   Forni, G ^g,h   Lauria, A ^h,i   Fantacci, M E ^j,k   Retico, A ^j,k   Masala, G L ^i,l   Oliva, P ^i,l   Bagnasco, S ^m   Cheran, S C ^m,n   Torres, E Lopez ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI LECCE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^k INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^l SEZIONE DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^m SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^o CENTRO DE APLICACIONES TECNOLÓGICAS Y DESARROLLO NUCLEAR CEADEN   (Cuba)

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; Image processing; Mammography; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEURAL NETWORKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER; NEURONS; ROI HUNTER ALGORITHM;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750420263     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.878003     Document Type: Article

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