Analysis of breast thermography using fractal dimension to establish possible difference between malignant and benign patterns

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-43

  EtehadTavakol, Mahnaz ^a,d   Lucas, Caro ^b   Sadri, Saeed ^a,d   Ng, E Y K ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast; Fractal analysis; Fuzzy; Thermography; Tumor shapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860533914     PISSN: 20402295     EISSN: 20402309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/2040-2295.1.1.27     Document Type: Article

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