Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1688-1698 , November 2007

Computer Aided Classification System for Breast Ultrasound Based on Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS)

  • Wei-Chih Shen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ruey-Feng Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Professor Ruey-Feng Chang, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Woo Kyung Moon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Received 16 October 2006 ,Revised 7 May 2007 ,Accepted 18 May 2007.

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PII: S0301-5629(07)00260-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.05.016

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1688-1698 , November 2007

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