Automatic detection of abnormal breast thermograms using asymmetry analysis of texture features

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-21

  Francis, Sheeja V ^a   Sasikala, M ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asymmetry analysis; Neural network; Texture features; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY ANALYSIS; AUTOMATIC DETECTION; BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; BREAST CANCER; CANCEROUS CELLS; HEAT PATTERNS; HOT SPOT; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; NORMAL TISSUE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEXTURE FEATURES; THERMAL ASYMMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; TEXTURES; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TISSUE;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACK PROPAGATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CLASSIFIER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOGRAPHY; ADULT; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871917460     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03091902.2012.728674     Document Type: Article

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