DCE MRI : hierarchical clustering-based segmentation as an aid to diagnosis.

Abstract

Early results suggest that the HCS process based Computer Aided Monitoring (CAM) system offers increased capability to differentiate suspicious areas by combining users' expertise and computer system's processing capability. The application, using border pixel reclassification to highlight key areas, is particularly useful at the point of first diagnosis because lesions are commonly not solitary in nature, which can result in an incomplete treatment regime and affect prognosis; and also in monitoring the effects of drugs or radiotherapy