Computer-aided classification of breast masses in ultrasonic B-scans using a multiparameter approach

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1002-1009

  Shankar, P Mohana ^a,b   Dumane, Vishruta A ^a   Piccoli, Catherine W ^c   Reid, John M ^a,b   Forsberg, Flemming ^c   Goldberg, Barry B ^c  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; SCANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BREAST MASS; COMPUTER AIDED CLASSIFICATION; ULTRASONIC B-SCAN;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BREAST TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0141888745     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1226544     Document Type: Article

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