Detection of microcalcification in digitized mammograms with multistable cellular neural networks using a new image enhancement method: Automated lesion intensity enhancer (ALIE)

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 853-872

  Civcik, Levent ^a   Yilmaz, Burak ^a   Özbay, Yüksel ^a   Emlik, Ganime Dilek ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Automated lesion intensity enhancer; Cellular neural networks; Image enhancement; Image processing; Mammogram; Microcalcification; Pectoral muscle

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOBILE SECURITY; MUSCLE; X RAY SCREENS;

AUTOMATED LESION INTENSITY ENHANCER; DIGITIZED MAMMOGRAMS; MAMMOGRAM; MAMMOGRAM IMAGES; MICROCALCIFICATION DETECTION; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PECTORAL MUSCLES;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84928657877     PISSN: 13000632     EISSN: 13036203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/elk-1303-139     Document Type: Article

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