Application of the learning vector quantizer to the classification of breast lesions

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 453-460

  Markopoulos, Christos ^a,d   Karakitsos, Petros ^b   Botsoli Stergiou, Efi ^b   Pouliakis, Abraham ^a   Ioakim Liossi, Anna ^b   Kyrkou, Kalliopi ^b   Gogas, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast neoplasms; Morphometry; Neural networks (computer)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST LESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030823174     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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