Computer aided classification of masses in ultrasonic mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1968-1973

  Dumane, V A ^a   Shankar, P M ^a   Piccoli, C W ^b   Reid, J M ^a   Forsberg, F ^b   Goldberg, B B ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary analysis; Breast imaging; ROC; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BOUNDARY ANALYSIS; BREAST IMAGING; CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS; COMPUTER AIDED CLASSIFICATION; NAKAGAMI DISTRIBUTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036734252     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1500401     Document Type: Article

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