Sensitivity of the ultrasonic CARI technique for breast tumor detection using a FETD scheme

Ultrasonics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-9, 2004, Pages 919-925

  Bounaim A ^a,b   Holm, S ^a,b   Chen, W ^a   Odegard A ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer detection; CARI technique; Finite element time domain method; Time domain wave propagation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATTENUATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; CARI TECHNIQUE; FINITE ELEMENT TIME DOMAIN METHOD.; TIME-DOMAIN WAVE PROPAGATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 1642617157     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2003.11.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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