Automated classification of breast parenchymal density: Topologic analysis of X-ray attenuation patterns depicted with digital mammography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Boehm, Holger F ^a   Schneider, Tanja ^a   Buhmann Kirchhoff, Sonja M ^a   Schlossbauer, Thomas ^a   Rjosk Dendorfer, Dorothea ^a   Britsch, Stefanie ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast tissue; Classification; Digital mammography; Image processing; Minkowski functionals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINKOWSKI FUNCTIONAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57149113026     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3588     Document Type: Article

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