Evaluation of clinical image processing algorithms used in digital mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 765-775

  Zanca, Federica ^a   Jacobs, Jurgen ^a   Van Ongeval, Chantal ^b   Claus, Filip ^b   Celis, Valerie ^b   Geniets, Catherine ^b   Provost, Veerle ^b   Pauwels, Herman ^b   Marchal, Guy ^b   Bosmans, Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Detectability; Digital mammography; Image processing; JAFROC; Microcalcifications; ROC; Simulated lesions

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROCESSING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; X RAY SCREENS;

DETECTABILITY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; JAFROC; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; SIMULATED LESIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AGFA;

EID: 61349111302     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3077121     Document Type: Article

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