2-D ultrasound strain images for breast cancer diagnosis using nonrigid subregion registration

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 837-846

  Chen, Chii Jen ^a   Chang, Ruey Feng ^a   Moon, Woo Kyung ^b   Chen, Dar Ren ^c   Wu, Hwa Koon ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Image registration; Level set; Nonrigid registration; Strain; Subregion registration; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STRAIN; TUMORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

IMAGE REGISTRATION; LEVEL SET; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; SUBREGION REGISTRATION;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 33745278581     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.02.1406     Document Type: Article

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