Title :
Introduction to the Issue on Digital Image Processing Techniques for Oncology
Author :
Tang, Jinshan ; Rangayyan, Raj ; Yao, Jianhua ; Yang, Yongyi
Abstract :
The 17 papers in this special issue focus on digital image processing techniques for oncology. The papers are distributed among cancer detection and diagnosis, image processing, pattern analysis, machine learning, diagnostic decision making and other related areas.
Keywords :
Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Cervical cancer; Digital images; Image processing; Image segmentation; Lesions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Oncology; Ultrasonic imaging;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Signal Processing, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTSP.2009.2013533