Gland segmentation of breast ultrasound exams

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8669, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Braza, Rui ^a   Moutinhob, J ^a   Freirea, Mario ^a   Pinheiroc, Antonio M G ^a   Pereiraa, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast segmentation; Breast ultrasound; Tissue separation

Indexed keywords

ADA BOOST CLASSIFIERS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SEGMENTATION; BREAST ULTRASOUND; CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; PRE-PROCESSING METHOD; SPECKLE REDUCING ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; TISSUE SEPARATIONS;

ADAPTIVE BOOSTING; DIAGNOSIS; GRAPH THEORY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SEPARATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84878321218     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2006967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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