Neural network-based segmentation of dynamic MR mammographic images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-154

  Lucht, Robert ^a   Delorme, Stefan ^b   Brix, Gunnar ^a  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast lesions; Dynamic MR mammography; Neural networks; Segmentation; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BREAST DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0036109654     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(02)00464-2     Document Type: Article

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