Ultrasonic multifeature tissue characterization for prostate diagnostics

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1137-1149

  Scheipers, Ulrich ^a   Ermert, Helmut ^a   Sommerfeld, Hans Joerg ^b   Garcia Schürmann, Miguel ^b   Senge, Theodor ^b   Philippou, Stathis ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR PATHOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer diagnostics; Computer aided diagnostics; Fuzzy; Multifeature; Neuro fuzzy; Parametric imaging; Prostate cancer; Prostate carcinoma; Tissue characterization; Tissue typing

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE; X RAYS;

SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIOFREQUENCY; ROC CURVE; STANDARD; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0042433438     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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