• DocumentCode
    1201991
  • Title

    Highly regular wavelets for the detection of clustered microcalcifications in mammograms

  • Author

    Lemaur, G. ; Drouiche, K. ; DeConinck, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Mons Hainaut, Belgium
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    393
  • Lastpage
    401
  • Abstract
    We consider the problem of detecting clustered microcalcification in digitized mammograms using new wavelets with a high Sobolev regularity index. We experimentally assess the superiority of the new wavelets when compared with the classical ones.
  • Keywords
    feature extraction; mammography; medical image processing; wavelet transforms; clustered microcalcification detection; digitized mammograms; high Sobolev regularity index; highly regular wavelets; Helium; Performance analysis; Polynomials; Postal services; Signal resolution; Terrorism; Wavelet analysis; Algorithms; Breast Diseases; Calcinosis; Databases, Factual; Humans; Mammography; Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0062
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMI.2003.809580
  • Filename
    1199640