Characterization of echographic image texture by cooccurrence matrix parameters

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 559-571

  Valckx, Frank M J ^a   Thijssen, Johan M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooccurrence matrix; Echography; Statistics; Structure; Texture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TEXTURES;

COOCCURRENCE MATRIX; ECHOGRAPHY; MAHALANOBIS DISTANCE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030971680     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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