Segmentation strategies for breast tumors from dynamic MR images

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 753-763

  Lucas Quesada, Flora Ann ^a   Sinha, Usha ^b   Sinha, Shantanu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast dynamic magnetic resonance imaging; Breast tumors; Multifeature analysis; Segmentation; Temporal correlation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PENTETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030226052     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060508     Document Type: Article

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