Image processing for early diagnosis of breast cancer using infrared images

2010 The 2nd International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 564-566

  Kapoor, Pragati ^a   Prasad, S V A V ^a  

^a LINGAYA'S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asymmetry analysis; Breast cancer; Edge detection; Hough transform; Image segmentation; Infrared thermal imaging; Thermogram

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER SCREENING; CONTRALATERAL BREAST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEAT PATTERNS; INFRARED IMAGES; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGE; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; SCREENING TOOL; SURVIVAL RATE;

DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; EDGE DETECTION; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 77952601654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCAE.2010.5451827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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