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Feature Extraction from the Turning Angle Function for the Classification of Contours of Breast Tumors Rangaraj M. Rangayyan, Denise Guliato ? , Juliano Daloia de Carvalho, and Se?rgio Anchieta Santiago Abstract— Malignant breast tumors and benign masses ap- pear in mammograms with different shape characteristics: the former usually have rough, spiculated, or microlobulated contours, whereas the latter commonly have smooth, round, oval, or macrolobulated contours. Features that characterize shape roughness and complexity can assist in distinguishing between malignant tumors and benign masses.