Classification of breast tissue by electrical impedance spectroscopy

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-30

  Estrela Da Silva, J ^a   Marques De Sa J P ^a   Jossinet, J ^b  

^a INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Data classification; Discriminant analysis; Impedance spectroscopy; Tissue characterisation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEATURE EXTRACTION; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

DATA CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033962139     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344684     Document Type: Article

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