Integrated wavelets for medical image analysis

Peter Heinlein; Wilfried Schneider

doi:10.1117/12.503405

13 November 2003 Integrated wavelets for medical image analysis

Peter Heinlein, Wilfried Schneider

Proceedings Volume 5207, Wavelets: Applications in Signal and Image Processing X; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.503405
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Integrated wavelets are a new method for discretizing the continuous wavelet transform (CWT). Independent of the choice of discrete scale and orientation parameters they yield tight families of convolution operators. Thus these families can easily be adapted to specific problems. After presenting the fundamental ideas, we focus primarily on the construction of directional integrated wavelets and their application to medical images. We state an exact algorithm for implementing this transform and present applications from the field of digital mammography. The first application covers the enhancement of microcalcifications in digital mammograms. Further, we exploit the directional information provided by integrated wavelets for better separation of microcalcifications from similar structures.

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Peter Heinlein and Wilfried Schneider "Integrated wavelets for medical image analysis", Proc. SPIE 5207, Wavelets: Applications in Signal and Image Processing X, (13 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.503405

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