Search for lesions in mammograms: Statistical characterization of observer responses

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-36

  Bochud, François O ^a   Abbey, Craig K ^b   Eckstein, Miguel P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical backgrounds; Image perception; Mammography; Observer performance; Psychophysical analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); MAMMOGRAPHY; X RAY SCREENS;

ALTERNATIVE FORCED CHOICE; ANATOMICAL BACKGROUNDS; IMAGE PERCEPTION; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY; STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642495647     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1630493     Document Type: Article

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