Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Soft-Tissue Tumors Using Sonographic Morphologic and Texture Features

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1531-1538

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

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

computer aided diagnosis (CAD); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); morphologic feature; multilayer perception (MLP); soft tissue tumors; texture feature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GLOMUS TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; 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; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350464946     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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