Pectoral Muscle Detection in Mammograms Using Local Statistical Features.

Mammography is a primary imaging method for breast cancer diagnosis. It is an important issue to accurately identify and separate pectoral muscles (PM) from breast tissues. Hough-transform-based methods are commonly adopted for PM detection. But their performances are susceptible when PM edges canno...

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Published in:Journal of Digital Imaging Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 633 - 642
Main Authors: Liu, Li, Liu, Qian, Lu, Wei
Format: diagnostic images equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Oct2014
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