Mammographic images enhancement and denoising for microcalcification detection using dyadic wavelet processing

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 49-53

  Mencattini, A ^a   Salmeri, M ^a   Lojacono, R ^a   Caselli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyadic wavelet transform; Image enhancement and denoising; Microcalcification detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY;

DEGREE OF ENHANCEMENT; DYADIC WAVELET TRANSFORM; FUZZY NOISE; MICROCALCIFICATION DETECTION; OPTIMAL DENOISING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 36049001218     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2006.235500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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