Nonparametric density estimation and discrimination from images of shapes

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 365-380

  Wright, David ^c   Stander, Julian ^b   Nicolaides, Kypros ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Density estimates on pixel images of shape; Fourier descriptors; Medical statistics; Prenatal screening; Receiver operator characteristic curves; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DENSITY ESTIMATES ON PIXEL IMAGES OF SHAPE; FOURIER DESCRIPTORS; MEDICAL STATISTICS; NONPARAMETRIC DENSITY ESTIMATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; RECEIVER OPERATOR CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0031363021     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00075     Document Type: Article

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