Classification of breast masses by ultrasonic Nakagami imaging: A feasibility study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6027-6044

  Tsui, Po Hsiang ^a   Yeh, Chih Kuang ^b   Chang, Chien Cheng ^a,c   Liao, Yin Yin ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

BACK SCATTERED; BREAST CANCERS; BREAST MASSES; BREAST TISSUES; CLINICAL TOOLS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE PIXELS; MODE SCANS; NAKAGAMI; NAKAGAMI PARAMETERS; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSES; PARAMETRIC IMAGES; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; REGION OF INTERESTS; SHADOWING EFFECTS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SYSTEM GAINS;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST CYST; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; ULTRASOUND;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 58149260412     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/21/009     Document Type: Article

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