Expectation-maximization technique for fibro-glandular discs detection in mammography images

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 392-401

  El Zaart, Ali ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Expectation maximization; Fibro glandular disc; Gamma distribution; Mammography images; Statistical modelling; Thresholding

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION; FIBRO-GLANDULAR DISC; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODELLING; THRESHOLDING;

GRAPHIC METHODS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; EXPECTATION; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 77950867677     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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