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
fDate :
3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMI.2003.809580
