Algorithm-based method for detection of blood vessels in breast MRI for development of computer-aided diagnosis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 817-824

  Lin, Muqing ^a   Chen, Jeon Hor ^a,b   Nie, Ke ^a   Chang, Daniel ^a   Nalcioglu, Orhan ^a   Su, Min Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood vessels detection; Breast MRI; Computer aided diagnosis; Dynamic contrast enhancement; Hessian matrix; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; VASCULAR TISSUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349696523     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21915     Document Type: Article

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