Breast density classification to reduce false positives in CADe systems

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 569-584

  Vállez, Noelia ^a   Bueno, Gloria ^a   Déniz, Oscar ^a   Dorado, Julián ^b   Seoane, José Antonio ^b   Pazos, Alejandro ^b   Pastor, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CIUDAD REAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast tissue classification; CADe system; False positive reduction; Texture analysis; Weighted voting tree classifier

Indexed keywords

BREAST TISSUE CLASSIFICATION; CADE SYSTEM; FALSE-POSITIVE REDUCTION; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; TREE CLASSIFIERS;

DIGITAL STORAGE; FACE RECOGNITION; FORESTRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TEXTURES; X RAY SCREENS;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY CLASSIFICATION; BREAST LESION; CADE ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; DENSITY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FILM; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLASSIFICATION; FORESTRY; SCANNING; TEXTURE; TISSUE; X RAYS;

BREAST TISSUE CLASSIFICATION; CADE SYSTEM; FALSE POSITIVE REDUCTION; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; WEIGHTED VOTING TREE CLASSIFIER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84892799977     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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