Snakules: A model-based active contour algorithm for the annotation of spicules on mammography

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1768-1780

  Muralidhar, Gautam S ^a   Bovik, Alan C ^a   Giese, J David ^a   Sampat, Mehul P ^b   Whitman, Gary J ^c   Haygood, Tamara Miner ^c   Stephens, Tanya W ^c   Markey, Mia K ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Active contours; Computer aided detection; Mammography; Snakes; Snakules; Spicules

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOURS; COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION; SNAKES; SNAKULES; SPICULES;

ALGORITHMS; CURVE FITTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BREAST TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957605890     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2052064     Document Type: Article

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