Computer-aided Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumors on High-resolution Ultrasonography with Geometrical and Morphological Features

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 618-626

  Chen, Chih Yen ^a   Chiou, Hong Jen ^a   Chou, Yi Hong ^a   Chiou, See Ying ^a   Wang, Hsin Kai ^a   Chou, Szu Yuan ^a   Chiang, Huihua Kenny ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CAD; computer aided diagnosis; high resolution ultrasonography; HRUS; normalized radial length; NRL; Soft tissue tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ANEURYSM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FIBROMYXOID SARCOMA; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GLOMUS TUMOR; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE METASTASIS; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63549145554     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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