An automatic approach for morphological analysis and malignancy evaluation of ovarian masses using B-scans

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1561-1570

  Zimmer, Yair ^a   Tepper, Ron ^b   Akselrod, Solange ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gray scale sonography; Image processing; Malignancy evaluation; Morphological scoring; Ovarian masses

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS;

MORPHOLOGIC ANALYSIS; SEMISOLIDS;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0344413027     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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