Breast ultrasound images gland segmentation

IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, MLSP

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Braz, Rui ^a   Pinheiro, António M G ^a   Moutinho, J ^a   Freire, Mário M ^a   Pereira, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Breast Segmentation; Breast Ultrasound; Tissue Separation

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS; BREAST SEGMENTATION; BREAST ULTRASOUND; DESCRIPTORS; HOMOMORPHIC FILTER; IMAGE PIXELS; MORAN INDEX; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION; REGION OF INTEREST; SPECKLE REDUCING ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION;

DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PIXELS; SEPARATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84870674095     PISSN: 21610363     EISSN: 21610371     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MLSP.2012.6349748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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