Classification of breast masses in ultrasonic b-mode images using a compounding technique in the nakagami distribution domain

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1295-1300

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

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Classification of masses; Compounding; Nakagami statistics

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS;

COMPOUNDING TECHNIQUE;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; B SCAN; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0036815598     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00617-8     Document Type: Article

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