Automatic microcalcifications pattern recognition from X-ray mammographies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1137, Issue , 1989, Pages 170-175

  Magnin, I E ^a   El Alaoui, M ^a   Bremond A ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

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EID: 84958485033     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.961732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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