Improved detection of breast cancer nuclei using modular neural networks

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-63

  Schnorrenberg, F ^b   Tsapatsoulis, N ^b   Pattichis, C S ^a   Schizas, C N ^b   Kollias, S ^b   Vassiliou, M ^b   Adamou, A ^b   Kyriacou, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY;

BIOPSY ANALYSIS SUPPORT SYSTEMS (BASS); BREAST CANCER NUCLEI; MODULAR NEURAL NETWORKS;

FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS;

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; OPTICAL DENSITY; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL NUCLEUS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0033985251     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.816244     Document Type: Article

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