Classification of breast cancer malignancy using cytological images of fine needle aspiration biopsies

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-83

  Jeleń, Łukasz ^a   Fevens, Thomas ^a   Krzyzak, Adam ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated malignancy grading; Bloom Richardson; Breast cancer grading; FNA grading; SVM

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

AUTOMATED MALIGNANCY GRADING; BREAST CANCER GRADING; BREAST CANCER MALIGNANCY;

TUMORS;

EID: 41249086260     PISSN: 1641876X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10006-008-0007-x     Document Type: Article

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