Computer-aided diagnosis of solid breast nodules: Use of an artificial neural network based on multiple sonographic features

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1292-1300

  Joo, Segyeong ^a   Yang, Yoon Seok ^b   Moon, Woo Kyung ^a   Kim, Hee Chan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Breast nodule; Computer aided diagnosis; Digital image processing; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEURAL NETWORKS; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST NODULES; MORPHOLOGIC DESCRIPTORS; SONOGRAPHIC METHODS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BREAST TUMOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 6344221607     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2004.834617     Document Type: Article

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