DocumentCode
864820
Title
Detection of microcalcifications in mammograms using local maxima and adaptive wavelet transform analysis
Author
Bagci, A.M. ; Cetin, A.E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bilkent Univ., Ankara, Turkey
Volume
38
Issue
22
fYear
2002
fDate
10/24/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1311
Lastpage
1313
Abstract
A method for computer-aided diagnosis of microcalcification clusters in mammogram images is presented. Microcalcification clusters which are an early sign of breast cancer appear as isolated bright spots in mammograms. Therefore they correspond to local maxima of the image. The local maxima of the image is first detected and they are ranked according to a higher-order statistical test performed over the subband domain data.
Keywords
higher order statistics; least mean squares methods; mammography; medical image processing; wavelet transforms; adaptive wavelet transform analysis; breast cancer; computer-aided diagnosis; filterbank structure; higher-order statistical test; isolated bright spots; least mean square algorithm; local maxima; mammogram images; microcalcification clusters; subband domain data;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20020907
Filename
1047065
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