EP1093634A4 - Method and apparatus for fast detection of spiculated lesions in digital mammograms - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for fast detection of spiculated lesions in digital mammograms

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EP1093634A4
EP1093634A4 EP98925295A EP98925295A EP1093634A4 EP 1093634 A4 EP1093634 A4 EP 1093634A4 EP 98925295 A EP98925295 A EP 98925295A EP 98925295 A EP98925295 A EP 98925295A EP 1093634 A4 EP1093634 A4 EP 1093634A4
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fast detection
digital mammograms
spiculated lesions
spiculated
lesions
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French (fr)
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EP1093634A1 (en
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Jimmy R Roehrig
Harlan M Romsdahl
Wei Zhang
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R2 Technology Inc
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Priority claimed from PCT/US1998/011729 external-priority patent/WO1999063478A1/en
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Publication of EP1093634A4 publication Critical patent/EP1093634A4/en
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    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/40—Extraction of image or video features
    • G06V10/48—Extraction of image or video features by mapping characteristic values of the pattern into a parameter space, e.g. Hough transformation
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V2201/03—Recognition of patterns in medical or anatomical images

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EP98925295A 1998-06-05 1998-06-05 Method and apparatus for fast detection of spiculated lesions in digital mammograms Withdrawn EP1093634A4 (en)

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PCT/US1998/011729 WO1999063478A1 (en) 1996-07-10 1998-06-05 Method and apparatus for fast detection of spiculated lesions in digital mammograms

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EP1093634A1 EP1093634A1 (en) 2001-04-25
EP1093634A4 true EP1093634A4 (en) 2005-05-04

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Non-Patent Citations (7)

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Title
JIANG H ET AL: "Detection of spicules in mammograms", IMAGE PROCESSING, 1997. PROCEEDINGS., INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SANTA BARBARA, CA, USA 26-29 OCT. 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, vol. 3, 26 October 1997 (1997-10-26), pages 520 - 523, XP010253800, ISBN: 0-8186-8183-7 *
KARSSEMEIJER N ET AL: "DETECTION OF STELLATE DISTORTIONS IN MAMMOGRAMS", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, vol. 15, no. 5, 1 October 1996 (1996-10-01), pages 611 - 619, XP000640702, ISSN: 0278-0062 *
KOBATAKE H ET AL: "DETECTION OF SPICULES ON MAMMOGRAM BASED ON SKELETON ANALYSIS", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, vol. 15, no. 3, June 1996 (1996-06-01), pages 235 - 245, XP000587918, ISSN: 0278-0062 *
MATSUBARA T ET AL: "Development of new schemes for detection and analysis of mammographic masses", INTELLIGENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 1997. IIS '97. PROCEEDINGS GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND, BAHAMAS 8-10 DEC. 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 8 December 1997 (1997-12-08), pages 63 - 66, XP010260526, ISBN: 0-8186-8218-3 *
MING ZHANG ET AL: "Hough spectrum and geometric texture feature analysis", PATTERN RECOGNITION, 1994. VOL. 2 - CONFERENCE B: COMPUTER VISION & IMAGE PROCESSING., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH IAPR INTERNATIONAL. CONFERENCE ON JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 9-13 OCT. 1994, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, vol. 2, 9 October 1994 (1994-10-09), pages 583 - 585, XP010216231, ISBN: 0-8186-6270-0 *
See also references of WO9963478A1 *
ZHIMIN HUO ET AL: "ANALYSIS OF SPICULATION IN THE COMPUTERIZED CLASSIFICATION OF MAMMOGRAPHIC MASSES", MEDICAL PHYSICS, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS. NEW YORK, US, vol. 22, no. 10, 1 October 1995 (1995-10-01), pages 1569 - 1579, XP000543037, ISSN: 0094-2405 *

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