Effect of pixel resolution on texture features of breast masses in mammograms

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 547-553

  Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a   Nguyen, Thanh M ^a   Ayres, Fábio J ^a   Nandi, Asoke K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; breast masses; digital image processing; Haralick's texture features; image analysis; mammography; margins of masses; pixel resolution; pixel size; ribbon around a mass; texture analysis; texture features; tumor classification

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST MASS; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING; HARALICK'S TEXTURE FEATURES; MARGINS OF MASSES; PIXEL RESOLUTION; PIXEL SIZE; RIBBON AROUND A MASS; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; TEXTURE FEATURES; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; SECURITY OF DATA; TEXTURES; TUMORS; X RAY SCREENS;

PIXELS;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77957878979     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-009-9238-0     Document Type: Article

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