A model based algorithm to segment the pectoral muscle in mammograms

Proceedings of 2003 International Conference on Neural Networks and Signal Processing, ICNNSP'03

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1163-1169

  Xu, Weidong ^a   Xia, Shunren ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

E curve; Hough transform; Iterative thresholding; Optimal threshold; Polygon approaching; ROI; Threshold curve; Twice line fitting

Indexed keywords

E CURVE; ITERATIVE THRESHOLDING; LINE FITTING; OPTIMAL THRESHOLD; POLYGON APPROACHING; ROI; THRESHOLD CURVE;

ALGORITHMS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MUSCLE; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; X RAY SCREENS;

CURVE FITTING;

EID: 78650165878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICNNSP.2003.1281076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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