Computer-aided classification of breast masses using speckle features of automated breast ultrasound images

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6465-6473

  Moon, Woo Kyung ^a   Lo, Chung Ming ^b   Chang, Jung Min ^a   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^c   Chen, Jeon Hor ^d   Chang, Ruey Feng ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

automated breast ultrasound; breast cancer; computer assisted diagnosis; speckle

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PIXELS; SPECKLE; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST ULTRASOUND; BREAST ULTRASOUND IMAGES; COMPUTER AIDED CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS(CAD); COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS; SECOND-ORDER STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84867295558     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4754801     Document Type: Article

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