Ultrasonographic texture characterization of salivary and neck masses using two-dimensional gray-scale clustering

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 332-336

  Yoshiura, K ^a   Miwa, K ^a   Yuasa, K ^a   Tokumori, K ^a   Kanda, S ^a   Higuchi, Y ^b   Shinohara, M ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; Image interpretation; Image processing; Salivary gland diseases; Ultrasonic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031263559     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600295     Document Type: Article

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