An adaptive feature extraction model for classification of thyroid lesions in ultrasound images

• Main Authors: Mugasa, Hatwib, Dua, Sumeet, Koh, Joel E. W., Hagiwara, Yuki, Lih, Oh Shu, Madla, Chakri, Kongmebhol, Pailin, Ng, Kwan Hoong, Acharya, U. Rajendra
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36856/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The thyroid is the chief hormonal gland that controls the growth, metabolism, and maturation of the body. However, the function of the thyroid gland could be disrupted if it produces too much or too little hormones. Furthermore, there could be abnormal growth in thyroid cell tissue, leading to the f...