Discrete fourier analysis of ultrasound RF time series for detection of prostate cancer

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1339-1342

  Moradi, M ^b   Mousavi, P ^a,b   Siemens, D R ^b   Sauerbrei, E E ^b   Isotalo, P ^b   Boag, A ^b   Abolmaesumi, P ^b  

^a IEEE

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

FREQUENCY SPECTRUM; PROSTATE CANCER; TISSUE MICROSTRUCTURE;

ONCOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 57649233211     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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