Combining Topological and Geometric Features of Mammograms to Detect Masses
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This paper presents a novel method for detecting masses in mammograms. Both topological (salience) and geometric (primarily texture) are used as features to characterise. Experimental results demonstrate that this combination of features is robust both for the segmentation and for the identification of masses.
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