Computer-aided US diagnosis of breast lesions by using cell-based contour grouping

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 746-754

  Cheng, Jie Zhi ^a   Chou, Yi Hong ^b   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^a   Chang, Yeun Chung ^a   Tiu, Chui Mei ^b   Chen, Kuei Wu ^a   Chen, Chung Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST LESION; CELL BASED CONTOUR GROUPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BREAST DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 77952688313     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.09090001     Document Type: Article

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