Computer-aided detection of clustered microcalcifications in digital breast tomosynthesis: A 3D approach

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-39

  Sahiner, Berkman ^a,b   Chan, Heang Ping ^a   Hadjiiski, Lubomir M ^a   Helvie, Mark A ^a   Wei, Jun ^a   Zhou, Chuan ^a   Lu, Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

computer aided detection; digital breast tomosynthesis; microcalcification

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOPSY; BONE; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBJECT DETECTION; REDUCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY;

CLUSTERED MICROCALCIFICATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS (DBT); DYNAMIC CLUSTERING ALGORITHM; FALSE-POSITIVE REDUCTION; MICROCALCIFICATION CLUSTERS; MICROCALCIFICATIONS;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY);

EID: 84855462930     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3662072     Document Type: Article

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