Detection and localization of tissue malignancy using contrast-enhanced microwave imaging: Exploring information theoretic criteria

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 766-776

  Chen, Yifan ^a   Kosmas, Panagiotis ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; differential microwave imaging (DMI); information theoretic criteria (ITC); malignancy detection and localization

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BIOLOGICAL MEDIUM; BREAST CANCER; CANCEROUS TISSUES; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL MICROWAVE IMAGING (DMI); DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL; HEALTHY TISSUES; INFORMATION THEORETIC CRITERION; MALIGNANCY DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION; MALIGNANT TUMORS; MICROBUBBLES; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MINIMUM DESCRIPTION LENGTH; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; SIGNAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; STATISTICAL TESTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

NANOCOMPOSITE;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER TISSUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL MICROWAVE IMAGING; IMAGING; INFORMATION THEORETIC CRITERIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROBUBBLE; MINIMUM DESCRIPTION LENGTH; PHANTOM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84863115863     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2179035     Document Type: Article

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