Computer-aided tumor detection based on multi-scale blob detection algorithm in automated breast ultrasound images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1191-1200

  Moon, Woo Kyung ^a   Shen, Yi Wei ^b   Bae, Min Sun ^a   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^c   Chen, Jeon Hor ^d,e   Chang, Ruey Feng ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automated breast ultrasound; blob detection; computer aided detection; Hessian analysis

Indexed keywords

10-FOLD CROSS-VALIDATION; BLOB DETECTION; BREAST ULTRASOUND; BREAST ULTRASOUND IMAGES; COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION; HESSIAN ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; SPECKLE NOISE REDUCTION;

AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSIS; LOGISTICS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; NOISE ABATEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST LESION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HESSIAN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NOISE REDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84880247477     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2012.2230403     Document Type: Article

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