Breast mass contour segmentation algorithm in digital mammograms

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-159

  Berber, Tolga ^a   Alpkocak, Adil ^a   Balci, Pinar ^a   Dicle, Oguz ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mammography; Region growing; Segmentation; Segmentation evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS(CAD); CONTOUR SEGMENTATION; CONTOUR SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS; REGION GROWING; REGION GROWING ALGORITHM; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SEGMENTATION EVALUATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; X RAY SCREENS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST MASSS CONTOUR SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL EXPERT; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84875891311     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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