CAD algorithms for solid breast masses discrimination: Evaluation of the accuracy and interobserver variability

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1273-1281

  Wang, Ying ^a   Jiang, Shuangquan ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Guo, Yan Hui ^c   Liu, Bo ^c   Hou, Yan ^b   Cheng, Hengda ^c,d   Tian, Jiawei ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Utah State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-RADS; BREAST IMAGING; BREAST MASS; COMPUTER ALGORITHM; DATA SYSTEMS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; PROCESSED IMAGES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SOLID BREAST MASS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CRIME; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 77955343183     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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