DCE-MRI data analysis for cancer area classification

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 248-253

  Castellani, U ^a   Cristani, M ^a   Daducci, A ^a   Farace, P ^a   Marzola, P ^a   Murino, V ^a   Sbarbati, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Cluster analysis; DCE MRI; SVM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67650481126     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME9224     Document Type: Article

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