Computerized characterization of breast masses on three-dimensional ultrasound volumes

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 744-754

  Sahiner, Berkman ^a   Chan, Heang Ping ^a   Roubidoux, Marilyn A ^a   Helvie, Mark A ^a   Hadjiiski, Lubomir M ^a   Ramachandran, Aditya ^a   Paramagul, Chintana ^a   LeCarpentier, Gerald L ^a   Nees, Alexis ^a   Blane, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D ultrasound; Breast mass characterization; Computer aided diagnosis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TEXTURES; ULTRASONICS;

3-D ULTRASOUND; BREAST MASS; COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEPWISE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ULTRASOUND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 11144357036     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1649531     Document Type: Article

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