Computerized nipple identification for multiple image analysis in computer-aided diagnosis

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2871-2882

  Zhou, Chuan ^a   Chan, Heang Ping ^a   Paramagul, Chintana ^a   Roubidoux, Marilyn A ^a   Sahiner, Berkman ^a   Hadjiiski, Labomir M ^a   Petrick, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; Mammography; Nipple detection; Texture orientation field analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DUCTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOCATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL TESTS; TEXTURES; TISSUE; X RAY SCREENS;

BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; DIGITIZED MAMMOGRAMS; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; NIPPLE DETECTION; TEXTURE ORIENTATION; TRAINING AND TESTING;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BREAST; BREAST DUCT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD;

EID: 7244245461     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1800713     Document Type: Article

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