Segmentation of the breast region in mammograms using snakes

Proceedings - 1st Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 385-392

  Wirth, Michael A ^a   Stapinski, Alexei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION (CADE); COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS (CADI); EDGE ENHANCEMENT; ENERGY FUNCTIONS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ESTIMATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 4544379631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCCRV.2004.1301473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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