Early detection of breast cancer using thermal texture maps

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 309-312

  Qi, Hairong ^a   Kuruganti, Phani Teja ^a   Liu, Zhongqi ^b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b Bioyear Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; DISEASES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

CANCEROUS TISSUES; EARLY BREAST CANCER; EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT THEORIES; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; PENNES BIO-HEAT EQUATIONS; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGING; THERMAL TEXTURE MAPS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84948689827     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2002.1029255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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