Building an ensemble system for diagnosing masses in mammograms

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Tomuro, Noriko ^a   Furst, Jacob ^a   Raicu, Daniela Stan ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CADx; Ensemble learning; Mass classification; Mass segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL DATABASE FOR SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGION OF INTEREST; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 84862995297     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-011-0628-7     Document Type: Article

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