A New Classification Method in Ultrasound Images of Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules Based on Transfer Learning and Deep Convolutional Neural Network

Thyroid nodule is a clinical disorder with a high incidence rate, with large number of cases being detected every year globally. Early analysis of a benign or malignant thyroid nodule using ultrasound imaging is of great importance in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer. Although the b-mode ultrasound c...

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Main Authors: Weibin Chen, Zhiyang Gu, Zhimin Liu, Yaoyao Fu, Zhipeng Ye, Xin Zhang, Lei Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Complexity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6296811