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Content-based image retrieval applied to BI-RADS tissue classification in screening mammography
Júlia Epischina Engrácia de Oliveira, Arnaldo de Albuquerque Araújo, Department of Computer Science, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Thomas M Deserno, Department of Medical Informatics, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany
Author contributions: de Oliveira JEE performed the majority of experiments, and provided major parts of the manuscript; Araújo A de A initiated the investigation and was involved in editing the manuscript; Deserno TM provided the data collection and contributed to the study design as well as writing of the manuscript.
Supported by CNPq-Brazil, Grants 306193/2007-8, 471518/2007-7, 307373/2006-1 and 484893/2007-6, by FAPEMIG, Grant PPM 347/08, and by CAPES; The IRMA project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Le 1108/4 and Le 1108/9
Correspondence to: Júlia Epischina Engrácia de Oliveira, PhD, Department of Computer Science, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. julia@dcc.ufmg.br
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Received: November 8, 2010
Revised: December 8, 2010
Accepted: December 15, 2010
Published online: January 28, 2011
Revised: December 8, 2010
Accepted: December 15, 2010
Published online: January 28, 2011
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