Novel network architecture and learning algorithm for the classification of mass abnormalities in digitized mammograms

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-79

  Verma, Brijesh ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital mammography; Learning algorithms; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS;

BREAST IMAGING; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DISTANCE-BASED SIMILARITY; MEMORIZATION ABILITY;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; HUMAN; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 37649010087     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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