Fast fractal coding method for the detection of microcalcification in mammograms

Proceedings of ICSCN 2008 - International Conference on Signal Processing Communications and Networking

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 368-373

  Sankar, Deepa ^a   Thomas, Tessamma ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FRACTALS; IMAGE CODING; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

BLOCK CODING; BREAST CANCERS; DYNAMIC RANGE; ENCODING TIME; FRACTAL CODING; FRACTAL ENCODING; FRACTAL IMAGE CODING; IMAGE BLOCKS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO-CALCIFICATIONS;

HEALTH;

EID: 48149108772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSCN.2008.4447221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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