Title
Classification of benign and malignant breast tumors by 2-d analysis based on contour description and scatterer characterization.
Abstract
Ultrasound B-mode scanning based on the echo intensity has become an important clinical tool for routine breast screening. The efficacy of the Nakagami parametric image based on the distribution of the backscattered signals for quantifying properties of breast tissue was recently evaluated. The B-mode and Nakagami images reflect different physical characteristic of breast tumors: the former descri...
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/TMI.2009.2037147
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
Keywords
Field
DocType
Cancer,Breast tumors,Scattering,Malignant tumors,Sensitivity and specificity,Ultrasonic imaging,Nakagami distribution,Breast tissue,Breast neoplasms,Image analysis
Normalization (statistics),Receiver operating characteristic,Parametric Image,Nakagami distribution,Artificial intelligence,Contextual image classification,Cluster analysis,Pathology,Computer vision,Pattern recognition,Standard deviation,Mathematics,Ultrasound
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
29
2
0278-0062
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
1.00
4
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Po-Hsiang Tsui1346.77
Yin-Yin Liao2183.31
Chien-Cheng Chang3374.51
Wen-hung Kuo445627.00
K.-J. Chang5333.98
Chih-Kuang Yeh6245.19