Detection of soft tissue abnormalities in mammographic images for early diagnosis of breast cancer

Mammographic Images for Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer by Mohammad Sameti B .Sc , Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 1989 M . A . S c , University of Waterloo, Waterloo, 1994 A THESIS S U B M I T T E D IN P A R T I A L F U L F I L L M E N T OF T H E R E Q U I R E M E N T S F O R T H E D E G R E E O F Doctor of Philosophy in T H E F A C U L T Y OF G R A D U A T E STUDIES (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering) We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard

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