Automatic Detection of the Nipple in Screen-Film and Full-field Digital Mammograms Using a Novel Hessian-Based Method.

Automatic detection of the nipple in mammograms is an important step in computerized systems that combine multiview information for accurate detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. Locating the nipple is a difficult task owing to variations in image quality, presence of noise, and distortion and d...

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Published in:Journal of Digital Imaging Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 948 - 958
Main Authors: Casti, Paola, Mencattini, Arianna, Salmeri, Marcello, Ancona, Antonietta, Mangieri, Fabio, Pepe, Maria, Rangayyan, Rangaraj
Format: diagnostic images equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Oct2013
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