Quantitative description of solid breast nodules by ultrasound imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 324-330

  Sehgal, C M ^a   Kangas, S A ^a   Cary, T W ^a   Weinstein, S P ^a   Schultz, S M ^a   Arger, P H ^a   Conant, E F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Breast neoplasm; Breast sonography; Computer aided diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISKS; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST IMAGING; BREAST NEOPLASM; BREAST SONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER-AIDED-DIAGNOSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 12144275793     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535626     Document Type: Conference Paper

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