Automated delineation of calcified vessels in mammography by tracking with uncertainty and graphical linking techniques

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2143-2155

  Cheng, Jie Zhi ^a   Chen, Chung Ming ^a   Cole, Elodia B ^b   Pisano, Etta D ^b   Shen, Dinggang ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast arterial calcification (BAC); curve linking; mammography; uncertainty; vessel tracking

Indexed keywords

BREAST ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION (BAC); CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTERIZED METHODS; CURVE LINKING; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY; VASCULAR STRUCTURES; VESSEL TRACKING;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIUM; DEPOSITION; MAMMOGRAPHY;

MEASUREMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84875410449     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2012.2215880     Document Type: Article

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