Title :
Applying wavelets to mammograms
Author :
Richardson, Walter B., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., Texas Univ., San Antonio, TX, USA
Abstract :
This article briefly reviews the challenges faced as technology moves toward digital mammography, presents a necessarily brief overview of multiresolution analysis, and finally, gives current and future applications of wavelets to several areas of mammography. Topics covered include data compression and teleradiology, feature enhancement and classification, wavelets, fractals and texture, and de-noising
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; data compression; diagnostic radiography; feature extraction; fractals; image coding; image resolution; image texture; medical image processing; wavelet transforms; data compression; de-noising; digital mammography; feature classification; feature enhancement; fractals; mammograms; multiresolution analysis; technology; teleradiology; texture; wavelets; Breast; Cancer; Data compression; Harmonic analysis; Image processing; Lesions; Mammography; Multiresolution analysis; Pattern recognition; Wavelet analysis;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
