Signal/background separation by wavelet packets for detection of microcalcifications in mammograms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2825, Issue , 1996, Pages 805-811

  Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishikawa, Robert M ^a   Giger, Maryellen L ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Digital mammograms; Microcalcifications; Wavelet packets

Indexed keywords

BREAST TISSUES; BRIGHT SPOTS; CLUSTERED MICROCALCIFICATIONS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS; LOW CONTRAST; MAMMOGRAPHIC; MATCHING PURSUIT ALGORITHMS; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; ORTHOGONAL WAVELET TRANSFORMS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; TIME FREQUENCY; WAVELET PACKET; WEIGHTED WAVELETS;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); IMAGE MATCHING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL DETECTION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; X RAY SCREENS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 78751608423     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.255304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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