Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 691-698 , July 2007

Shape analysis of microcalcifications using Radon transform

  • L. Bocchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 055 4796378; fax: +39 055 494569.
    • ,
  • J. Nori

      Affiliations

    • ASL 10/D, Mammographic Unit, Florence, Italy

Received 12 January 2006 ,Revised 26 July 2006 ,Accepted 31 July 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00164-0

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.07.012

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 691-698 , July 2007

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