Breast tumor classification of ultrasound images using a reversible round-off nonrecursive 1-D discrete periodic wavelet transform

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 880-884

  Lee, Hsieh Wei ^a   Liu, Bin Da ^a   Hung, King Chu ^b   Lei, Sheau Fang ^a   Tsai, Chin Feng ^b   Wang, Po Chin ^c   Yang, Tsung Lung ^c   Lu, Juen Sean ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast lesion classification; Octave energy; Reversible round off 1 D nonrecursive discrete periodic wavelet transform (RRO NRDPWT); Roughness description

Indexed keywords

BREAST LESION CLASSIFICATION; BREAST TUMORS; CHANNEL ENERGIES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; LOCAL VARIANCES; LOW-FREQUENCY BANDS; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; OCTAVE ENERGY; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; REVERSIBLE ROUND-OFF 1-D NONRECURSIVE DISCRETE PERIODIC WAVELET TRANSFORM (RRO-NRDPWT); ROUGHNESS DESCRIPTION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FREQUENCY BANDS; STATISTICAL TESTS; ULTRASONICS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST LESION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSICIAN; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; WAVEFORM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 65349116651     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2008725     Document Type: Article

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