Influence of the measurement method of features in ultrasound images of the thyroid in the diagnosis of Hashimoto's disease

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Koprowski, Robert ^a   Korzyńska, Anna ^b   Wróbel, Zygmunt ^a   Zieleźnik, Witold ^c   Witkowska, Agnieszka ^c   Małyszek, Justyna ^c   Wójcik, Waldemar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^c Internal Medicine Practice   (Poland)

^d LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hashimoto; Image processing; Thyroid; Ultrasonograms

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; TREES (MATHEMATICS); ULTRASONICS;

HASHIMOTO; LONGITUDINAL SECTION; MEASUREMENT METHODS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID; ULTRASONOGRAMS; ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870061039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-11-91     Document Type: Article

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