Breast ultrasound image classification using fractal analysis

Proceedings - Fourth IEEE Symposium on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 100-107

  Chang, Ruey Feng ^a   Chen, Chii Jen ^a   Ho, Ming Feng ^a   Chen, Dar Ren ^b   Moon, Woo Kyung ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FRACTALS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; TUMORS;

COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS (CAD); DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LESIONS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 4544328219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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