Segmentation and classification of dynamic breast magnetic resonance image data

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Wismüller, Axel ^a,b   Meyer Bäse, Anke ^a   Lange, Oliver ^a   Schlossbauer, Thomas ^b   Kallergi, Maria ^c   Reiser, Maximilian F ^b   Leinsinger, Gerda ^b  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UNSUPERVISED SELF-ORGANIZING NEURAL NETWORK;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; TISSUE; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33744524277     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2178776     Document Type: Article

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