Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 873-880 , July 2008

Ultrasound Breast Tumor Image Computer-Aided Diagnosis With Texture and Morphological Features

  • Wen-Jie Wu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan 333, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: W.-J.W.
    • ,
  • Woo Kyung Moon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.

Received 30 November 2007 ,Accepted 2 January 2008.

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1 This work was supported by the National Science Council, Taiwan, Republic of China, under grant NSC-95-2314-B-182-064.

PII: S1076-6332(08)00040-8

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.01.010

Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 873-880 , July 2008

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