Breast ultrasonography: Computer-aided diagnosis using fuzzy inference

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 665-672

  Koyama, Shuji ^a   Obata, Yasunori ^a   Shimamoto, Kazuhiro ^b   Ishigaki, Takeo ^b   Ishii, Naohiro ^c   Isomoto, Yukuo ^d   Yoshine, Katsumi ^e  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NANZAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast; Computer aided diagnosis; Fuzzy inference; Neoplasm; Sonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FUZZY SETS; INFERENCE ENGINES; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY;

BREAST; FUZZY INFERENCE; NEOPLASM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE;

EID: 0031260495     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.10.665     Document Type: Article

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