Massive-training support vector regression and Gaussian process for false-positive reduction in computer-aided detection of polyps in CT colonography

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1888-1902

  Xu, Jian Wu ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

colonic polyps; computer aided detection; false positive reduction; Gaussian process regression; support vector regression

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EFFICIENCY; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); NEURAL NETWORKS;

CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCE; COLONIC POLYPS; COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; FALSE-POSITIVE REDUCTION; GAUSSIAN PROCESS REGRESSION; NONLINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION (SVR);

SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION;

EID: 79953671750     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3562898     Document Type: Article

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