Automatic detection of the breast border and nipple position on digital mammograms using genetic algorithm for asymmetry approach to detection of microcalcifications

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-20

  Karnan, M ^a   Thangavel, K ^b  

^a Tamilnadu College of Engineering   (India)

^b PERIYAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bilateral subtraction; Border detection; Genetic algorithm; Mammography; Nipple identification; Suspicious regions

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; DIGITIZED MAMMOGRAMS; MAMMOGRAM IMAGES; MICROCALCIFICATIONS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BREAST; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NIPPLE; PECTORAL MUSCLE; RADIOLOGIST; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; NIPPLES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 34249941777     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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