Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , September 2010

A computer-aided detection system for clustered microcalcifications

Received 25 September 2008 ,Revised 11 November 2009 ,Accepted 29 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2010.04.007

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , September 2010