Computer-aided detection system of breast masses on ultrasound images

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6144 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ikedo, Yuji ^a   Fukuoka, Daisuke ^a   Hara, Takeshi ^a   Fujita, Hiroshi ^a   Takada, Etsuo ^b   Endo, Tokiko ^c   Morita, Takako ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Chunichi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast mass; Canny edge detector; Computer aided detection (CAD); Ultrasound image; Watershed algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST MASS; CANNY EDGE DETECTOR; COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION (CAD); ULTRASOUND IMAGE; WATERSHED ALGORITHMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745123339     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.654430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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