ACCOMP: Augmented cell competition algorithm for breast lesion demarcation in sonography

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6240-6252

  Cheng, Jie Zhi ^a   Chou, Yi Hong ^b,c   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^a   Chang, Yeun Chung ^d   Tiu, Chui Mei ^b,c   Yeh, Fang Cheng ^a   Chen, Kuei Wu ^a   Tsou, Chi Hsuan ^a   Chen, Chung Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

breast lesion; cell competition; edge grouping; image segmentation; sonography

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CELLS; COST FUNCTIONS; CYTOLOGY; DIGITAL STORAGE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BREAST LESION; CELL COMPETITION; EDGE GROUPING; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM; PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE; PIXEL-BASED SEGMENTATION; WATERSHED TRANSFORMATIONS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 78650124769     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3512799     Document Type: Article

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