Breast tissue characterization based on modeling of ultrasonic echoes using the power-law shot noise model

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 741-756

  Kutay, M Alper ^a   Petropulu, Athina P ^b   Piccoli, Catherine W ^c  

^a SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Power law shot noise; Tissue classification; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

DISEASE DETECTION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037290209     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8655(02)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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