Elimination of gridlines by using non-linear filter in mammographic image

IET Image Processing

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 457-465

  Maruyama, T ^a   Yamamoto, H ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kibikogen Rehabilitation Center for Employment Injuries   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND NOISE; BREAST PHANTOM; DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION; IMAGE CONTRASTS; IMAGE FILTERING; MAMMOGRAPHIC; MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; MEDIAN FILTERING; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; NON-LINEAR; NONLINEAR FILTER; PERIODIC NOISE; SCATTER RADIATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE; X-RAY EQUIPMENTS; X-RAY IMAGE;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960692091     PISSN: 17519659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-ipr.2009.0240     Document Type: Article

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