Computer-aided breast cancer detection using mammograms: A review

IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-98

  Ganesan, Karthikeyan ^a   Acharya, U Rajendra ^b   Chua, Chua Kuang ^a   Min, Lim Choo ^a   Abraham, K Thomas ^c   Ng, Kwan Hoong ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c SATA CommHealth   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; classifiers; computer aided diagnosis (CAD); digital mammography; feature extraction techniques

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFIERS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GOLD; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY SCREENS;

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY; AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER; FEATURE EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; INTRA-OBSERVER ERRORS;

DISEASES;

BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84875850819     PISSN: 19373333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/RBME.2012.2232289     Document Type: Review

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