Application of Computer-aided Diagnosis (CAD) in MR-Mammography (MRM). Do We Really Need Whole Lesion Time Curve Distribution Analysis?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-442

  Baltzer, Pascal Andreas Thomas ^a   Renz, Diane M ^a   Kullnig, Petra E ^a   Gajda, Mieczyslaw ^a   Camara, Oumar ^a   Kaiser, Werner A ^a  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast MRI; computer aided diagnosis (CAD); contrast agent; DCE MRI; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61349112215     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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