Image quality assessment via segmentation of breast lesion in X-ray and ultrasound phantom images from Fischer's full Field Digital Mammography and Ultrasound (FFDMUS) System

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-92

  Suri, Jasjit ^a   Guo, Yujun ^b   Coad, Cara ^a   Danielson, Tim ^a   Elbakri, Idris ^a   Janer, Roman ^a  

^a Fischer Medical Technologies   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast lesion; Flood Fill; Fusion; Gradient Vector Flow; GVF Deformable Model; Optimization; Partial Volume Correction; Performance Evaluation; Signal to Noise Ratio; Ultrasound; X ray

Indexed keywords

BREAST LESION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FISCHER FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY AND ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; HAND HELD ULTRASOUND; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

EID: 13244260760     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460500400111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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