Computer aided diagnosis method for steatosis rating in ultrasound images using random forests

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 184-190

  Mihǎilescu, Dan Mihai ^a   Gui, Vasile ^a   Toma, Corneliu Ioan ^a   Popescu, Alina ^b   Sporea, Ioan ^b  

^a Politehnica University   (Romania)

^b WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Classifier; Computer aided design; Noninvasive; Robust methods; Steatosis; Ultrasound image

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOM FOREST; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS; ECHOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROMANIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROMANIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84884511064     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.153.dmm1vg2     Document Type: Article

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