Two graph theory based methods for identifying the pectoral muscle in mammograms

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2592-2602

  Ma, Fei ^a   Bajger, Mariusz ^a   Slavotinek, John P ^b   Bottema, Murk J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive pyramid; Computer aided diagnosis; Mammography; Minimum spanning tree; Pectoral muscle; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; GRAPH THEORY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ADAPTIVE PYRAMIDS; MAMMOGRAMS; MINIMUM SPANNING TREE; PECTORAL MUSCLE;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34247586627     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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