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An Automatic Non-Deforming Technique for Selective Microcalcifications Enhancement

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Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among middle aged and older women. Microcalcifications are one of the earliest cancer signs, which are an important sign of up to half of occult breast carcinoma.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain

    E. Cernadas, P. G. Rodríguez & M. L. DurÁn

  2. Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    L. Gómez, P. G. Rodríguez & C. Veiga

  3. Department of Radiology, Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Xeral de Galicia, Univ. de Santiago, Spain

    R. G. Carrión & J. J. Vidal

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Nico Karssemeijer , Martin Thijssen , Jan Hendriks  & Leon van Erning , ,  & 

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Cernadas, E. et al. (1998). An Automatic Non-Deforming Technique for Selective Microcalcifications Enhancement. In: Karssemeijer, N., Thijssen, M., Hendriks, J., van Erning, L. (eds) Digital Mammography. Computational Imaging and Vision, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5318-8_80

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