A pilot study of architectural distortion detection in mammograms based on characteristics of line shadows

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-36

  Nemoto, Mitsutaka ^a   Honmura, Soshi ^b   Shimizu, Akinobu ^b   Furukawa, Daisuke ^b   Kobatake, Hidefumi ^b   Nawano, Shigeru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Architectural distortion; Breast cancer; Computer assisted detection diagnosis; Mammograms; Point convergence index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 63149186254     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-008-0267-9     Document Type: Article

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