Shape analysis of microcalcifications using Radon transform

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691-698

  Bocchi, L ^a   Nori, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ASL 10   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mammography; Microcalcification; Neural network; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; RADON;

MALIGNANCY; MICROCALCIFICATION; RADON TRANSFORM; SHAPE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADON TRANSFORM; ROC CURVE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947536084     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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