Classification of breast tumours on ultrasound images using morphometric parameters

2005 IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Signal Processing - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 206-210

  Alvarenga, André V ^a   Pereira, Wagner C A ^a   Infantosi, Antonio Fernando C ^a   De Azevedo, Carolina M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network training; Breast cancer; Genetic algorithms; Morphometric parameters and ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST CANCER; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; PARAMETER PERFORMANCES; ULTRASONIC IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33749051711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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