A new method of detecting micro-calcification clusters in mammograms using contourlet transform and non-linking simplified PCNN

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-45

  Guo, Ya'nan ^a   Dong, Min ^a   Yang, Zhen ^a   Gao, Xiaoli ^a   Wang, Keju ^a   Luo, Chongfan ^a   Ma, Yide ^a   Zhang, Jiuwen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contourlet transform; Mammography; Micro calcification clusters (MCs) detection; Simplified pulse coupled neural network (SPCNN)

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; X RAY SCREENS;

BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION SYSTEMS; CONTOURLET TRANSFORM; EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; PULSE COUPLED NEURAL NETWORK; SIMPLIFIED PULSE COUPLED NEURAL NETWORKS (SPCNN); STATE-OF-THE-ART ALGORITHMS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BAYESIAN LEARNING; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTOURLET TRANSFORM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GLAND TISSUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOISE REDUCTION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLIFIED PULSE COUPLED NEURAL NETWORK; BREAST TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84961589582     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.02.019     Document Type: Article

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