Microcalcification evaluation in computer assisted diagnosis for digital mammography

IEE Colloquium (Digest)

Volumn , Issue 107, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Martí, Joan ^a   Batlle, Joan ^a   Cuffí, Xevi ^a   Español, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Microcalcifications; Shape based features

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCERS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; MALIGNANT CHARACTER; MICROCALCIFICATION;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY);

EID: 6444219600     PISSN: 09633308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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