Analysis of contours of tumor masses in mammograms by Higuchi's fractal dimension

Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 49-56

  Stȩpień, Robert ^a   Stȩpień, Pawel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fractal dimension; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650621483     PISSN: 02085216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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