Histogram partition and interval thresholding for volumetric breast tissue segmentation

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Chen, Zikuan ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D breast tissue analysis; Cone beam tomography; Histogram partition; Interval thresholding; Subvolume; Volumetric segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SURGERY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BREAST TISSUE ANALYSIS; CONE-BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOGRAM PARTITION; INTERVAL THRESHOLDING; SUBVOLUME; VOLUMETRIC SEGMENTATION;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; BREAST; HISTOGRAM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35748974490     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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