Classification of benign and malignant breast tumors by ultrasound B-scan and Nakagami-based images

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 307-312

  Liao, Yin Yin ^a   Tsui, Po Hsiang ^b   Yeh, Chih Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast tumor classification; Contour and scatterer characterization; Nakagami image

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; BENIGN AND MALIGNANT TUMORS; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PERFORMANCE; CONTOUR ANALYSIS; CONTOUR AND SCATTERER CHARACTERIZATION; CONTOUR FEATURES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUZZY C MEANS CLUSTERING; IMAGE-BASED; LOWER AVERAGE; MALIGNANT TUMORS; NAKAGAMI; NAKAGAMI IMAGE; NAKAGAMI PARAMETER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; REGION OF INTEREST; ROC ANALYSIS; SCAN IMAGES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORTEST DISTANCE; SINGLE PARAMETER; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TWO PARAMETER; ULTRASOUND B-SCAN;

SCATTERING;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST TUMOR; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUZZY LOGIC; IMAGING SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78149321350     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.30.5.06     Document Type: Article

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