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Breast Cancer
Recent findings illuminate research in breast cancer
April 11th, 2006
Investigators in the United States have published new breast cancer data. Study 1: A fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering-based method for segmenting breast lesions in three dimensions from magnetic resonance (MR) images has been developed. According to recent research published in the journal Academic Radiology, "Rationale and accurate quantification of the shape and extent of breast tumors has a vital role in nearly all applications of breast MR imaging (MRI). Specifically, tumor segmentation is a key component in the computerized assessment of likelihood of malignancy. However, manual delineation of lesions in 4-dimensional MR images is labor...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2006-04-11)
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