Texture analysis of post breast cancer lymphedema ultrasound images obtained using a portable device - A pilot study

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-155

  Ashikaga, Takamaru ^a   Burns, Dylan ^b   O'Brien, Patricia ^a,c   Schaberg, Kurt B ^d   Huston, Dryver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fletcher Allen Health Care ^*  (United States)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d Breast Cancer Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 27744528974     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2005.3.147     Document Type: Article

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