A simple and robust classification tree for differentiation between benign and malignant lesions in MR-mammography

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2051-2060

  Baltzer, Pascal A T ^a   Dietzel, Matthias ^b   Kaiser, Werner A ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast MRI; Classification tree; Decision tree; MR mammography; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MAMMOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84880332669     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2804-3     Document Type: Article

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