Applying a 2D based CAD scheme for detecting micro-calcification clusters using digital breast tomosynthesis images: An assessment

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6915, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Park, Sang Cheol ^a   Zheng, Bin ^a   Wang, Xiao Hui ^a   Gur, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustered micro calcifications; Computer aided detection; Digital breast tomosynthesis; Medical image processing

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERED MICRO-CALCIFICATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION (CAD); DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS (DBT);

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOLOGY;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY);

EID: 44349129692     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.768534     Document Type: Conference Paper

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