Breast ultrasound image enhancement using fuzzy logic

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-247

  Guo, Yanhui ^a   Cheng, H D ^b   Huang, Jianhua ^a   Tian, Jiawei ^c   Zhao, Wei ^a   Sun, Litao ^c   Su, Yanxin ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Utah State University ^*  (United States)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast ultrasound image; Contrast enhancement; Fuzzy logic; Maximum entropy principle; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AMPLIFICATION; ENTROPY; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TUMORS;

BREAST ULTRASOUND IMAGE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; TEXTURE ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST LESION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE;

EID: 32044437177     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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