Classification of galactograms using fractal properties of the breast ductal network

2006 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1324-1327

  Kontos, Despina ^a   Megalooikonomou, Vasileios ^a   Javadi, Ailar ^a   Bakic, Predrag R ^b   Maidment, Andrew D A ^b  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST DUCTAL NETWORKS; GALACTOGRAMS; NIPPLE DISCHARGES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC (ROC);

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

TUMORS;

EID: 33750938489     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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