Ovarian tumor characterization and classification using ultrasound: A new online paradigm

Ovarian Neoplasm Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 413-423

  Rajendra Acharya, U ^a,b   Saba, Luca ^c   Molinari, Filippo ^d   Guerriero, Stefano ^e   Suri, Jasjit S ^f,g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f Global Biomedical Technologies   (United States)

^g IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Classification; Computer aided diagnosis; Higher order spectra; Ovarian tumor; Texture features

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CHARACTERIZATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

3D ULTRASOUND IMAGES; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSTICS; HIGHER ORDER SPECTRUM; MALIGNANT DISEASE; OVARIAN TUMOR; PIXEL INTENSITY VARIATIONS; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; TEXTURE FEATURES;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84937761309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8633-6_26     Document Type: Chapter

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