Breast Tumor Classification Using Fuzzy Clustering for Breast Elastography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 700-708

  Moon, Woo Kyung ^a   Chang, Shao Chien ^b   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^c   Chang, Ruey Feng ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast tumor; CAD; Elastography; Fuzzy c means clustering; Stiffness degree

Indexed keywords

AREA INDEX; BREAST TUMOR; CAD; CAD TOOL; DYNAMIC IMAGING; ELASTOGRAMS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING; FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING METHOD; LEVEL SET METHOD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SOFT TISSUE; SOLID BREAST MASS; THRESHOLDING METHODS; THRESHOLDING TECHNIQUES; TISSUE STIFFNESS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIXELS; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUZZY SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 79954628324     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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