An ultrasonic image evaluation system for assessing the severity of chronic liver disease

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 485-491

  Horng, Ming Huwi ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer morphometry score; Radial basis function network; Ultrasonic disease severity score; Ultrasonic liver image; Ultrasonic scoring system

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

COMPUTER MORPHOMETRY SCORE; ULTRASONIC DISEASE SEVERITY SCORE; ULTRASONIC LIVER IMAGE; ULTRASONIC SCORING SYSTEM;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 34548044220     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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