Automatic segmentation of micro-calcification based on SIFT in mammograms

BioMedical Engineering and Informatics: New Development and the Future - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 13-17

  Guan, Qiu ^a,b   Zhang, Jianhua ^b   Chen, Shengyong ^b   Todd Pokropek, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATICS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

BIOPHYSICS;

EID: 51649124745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BMEI.2008.198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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