A fuzzy c-means (FCM)-based approach for computerized segmentation of breast lesions in dynamic contrast-enhanced MR images

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-72

  Chen, Weijie ^a   Giger, Maryellen L ^b   Bick, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Computer aided diagnosis; Dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; Fuzzy c means; Tumor segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 29944447410     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.08.035     Document Type: Article

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