Pectoral muscle identification in mammograms

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-230

  Camilus, K Santle ^a   Govindan, V K ^a   Sathidevi, P S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Biomedical image analysis; Computer aided detection; Mammogram analysis; Pectoral muscle identification; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052137349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i3.3285     Document Type: Article

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