Improvement in diagnosis of breast tumour using ultrasound elastography and echography: A phantom based analysis

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kumar, K ^a   Andrews, M E ^a   Jayashankar, V ^a   Mishra, A K ^a   Suresh, S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b MediScan Systems Chennai   (India)

Author keywords

Classifier; Elastography; Roc; Texture; Tissue phantom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHANTOM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 79955009462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.5.4.e30     Document Type: Article

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