Spectrum-analysis and neural networks for imaging to detect and treat prostate cancer

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 135-146

  Feleppa, Ernest J ^a   Ennis, Ronald D ^b   Schiff, Peter B ^b   Wuu, Cheng Shie ^b   Kalisz, Andrew ^a   Ketterling, Jeffery ^a   Urban, Stella ^a   Liu, Tian ^b   Fair, William R ^c   Porter, Christopher R ^d   Gillespie, John R ^e  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Haelth ^*  (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy guidance; Neural networks; Prostate cancer; Radiation therapy; Spectrum analysis; Therapy targeting; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DISEASES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; UROLOGY;

BIOPSY GUIDANCE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; NONLINEAR CLASSIFIERS; PROSTATE CANCERS; SPECTRAL PARAMETERS; THERAPY TARGETING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY; ROC CURVE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0035733544     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460102300301     Document Type: Article

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