Diagnosis of breast cancer using a combination of genetic algorithm and artificial neural network in medical infrared thermal imaging

Iranian Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-274

  Zadeh, Hossein Ghayoumi ^a   Haddadnia, Javad ^a   Hashemian, Maryam ^b   Hassanpour, Kazem ^b  

^a HAKIM SABZEVARI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SABZEVAR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Breast cancer; Genetic algorithm; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMBINATORIAL MODELING; DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETER; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; THERMAL PATTERNS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84903791787     PISSN: 1735160X     EISSN: 17357241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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