Dynamic infrared imaging in identification of breast cancer tissue with combined image processing and frequency analysis

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-335

  Joro, R ^a,b   Laaperi A L ^a,b   Soimakallio, S ^a,b   Jarvenpaa R ^a,b   Kuukasjarvi T ^c   Toivonen, T ^c   Saaristo, R ^a   Dastidar, P ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dynamic infrared imaging; Frequency analysis; Image processing; Wiener filtering

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; CAMERAS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PIXELS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SKIN EFFECT; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

BREAST CANCERS; CANCER TISSUES; COMBINED IMAGES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESTORATION; IMAGE SERIES; IMAGE SLICES; IMAGE-PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; INFRARED (IR); INFRARED (IR) CAMERAS; INFRARED (IR) IMAGES; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; MEASUREMENT POINTS; MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; PATIENT MOVEMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV); PROCESSING METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO (SNR); SURFACE MARKERS; UK LTD. (CO);

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAMERA; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYNAMIC INFRARED IMAGING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKIN SURFACE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFRARED RAYS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 48249126527     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900701541240     Document Type: Article

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