Fast Watershed Segmentation for Breast Cancer Detection

Within engineering and computer specializations, image processing is the most important study topic. It is one of today's fastest-growing technologies, with applications in a variety of biological sectors, including cancer sickness. According to the latest data from throughout the world, breas...

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Main Authors: Sk. Nazma Sultana, U Janardhan Reddy, V Nagi Reddy
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Language:English
Published: International Transactions on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://iteecs.com/index.php/iteecs/article/view/29
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description Within engineering and computer specializations, image processing is the most important study topic. It is one of today's fastest-growing technologies, with applications in a variety of biological sectors, including cancer sickness. According to the latest data from throughout the world, breast cancer is the most lethal of all cancer kinds. It is the most frequent cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer mortality in women. In this study, we advocate using a watershed transformation to create a fast segmentation technique. This allows for the blending of updated information about picture objects, extending the partitioning of the dividing waterline and therefore the standard watershed technique. The method requires a mechanism to express the test picture in terms of the amount of change around every given pixel before it can begin the watershed modification. Each pixel in the greyscale representation of the original picture is subjected to the Sobel operator. According to the form, the tumors identified are round or semicircular and the light of the tumor dims as we travel away from its core. The complement for this previous data may be seen as a local minimum that necessitated the start of the watershed process. As a result, each tumor picture may be represented as a lake, with the center in the complement tumor picture being the least value. The identification of tumor percentage gets more reliable after using the approach. As a consequence, our computer-aided diagnostic method for mammographic breast cancer detection has improved significantly thanks to the novel methodology. The method was written in MATLAB and tested on a Windows computer. The strategy was put to the test using photos from MIAS (Mammogram Image Analysis Society, UK), which offers a consistent categorization system for mammographic examinations. In this study, we advocate using a watershed transformation to create a rapid segmentation technique. This allows for the blending of data about picture objects, extending the partitioning of the dividing waterline and therefore the standard watershed technique.
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spelling doaj.art-ea10ff809429426f82c677243ad0bddb2023-12-29T04:46:21ZengInternational Transactions on Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceInternational Transactions on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2583-64712022-12-011229Fast Watershed Segmentation for Breast Cancer Detection Sk. Nazma Sultana0U Janardhan Reddy1V Nagi Reddy2Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science Engineering, VFSTR Deemed to be University, Guntur, 522213, IndiaDepartment of Information Technology, VFSTR Deemed to be University, Guntur, 522213, IndiaDepartment of Information Technology, VFSTR Deemed to be University, Guntur, 522213, India Within engineering and computer specializations, image processing is the most important study topic. It is one of today's fastest-growing technologies, with applications in a variety of biological sectors, including cancer sickness. According to the latest data from throughout the world, breast cancer is the most lethal of all cancer kinds. It is the most frequent cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer mortality in women. In this study, we advocate using a watershed transformation to create a fast segmentation technique. This allows for the blending of updated information about picture objects, extending the partitioning of the dividing waterline and therefore the standard watershed technique. The method requires a mechanism to express the test picture in terms of the amount of change around every given pixel before it can begin the watershed modification. Each pixel in the greyscale representation of the original picture is subjected to the Sobel operator. According to the form, the tumors identified are round or semicircular and the light of the tumor dims as we travel away from its core. The complement for this previous data may be seen as a local minimum that necessitated the start of the watershed process. As a result, each tumor picture may be represented as a lake, with the center in the complement tumor picture being the least value. The identification of tumor percentage gets more reliable after using the approach. As a consequence, our computer-aided diagnostic method for mammographic breast cancer detection has improved significantly thanks to the novel methodology. The method was written in MATLAB and tested on a Windows computer. The strategy was put to the test using photos from MIAS (Mammogram Image Analysis Society, UK), which offers a consistent categorization system for mammographic examinations. In this study, we advocate using a watershed transformation to create a rapid segmentation technique. This allows for the blending of data about picture objects, extending the partitioning of the dividing waterline and therefore the standard watershed technique. https://iteecs.com/index.php/iteecs/article/view/29MammogramGeometric FeaturesGradient FeaturesTexture FeaturesKeypoint detectionWatershed segmentation
spellingShingle Sk. Nazma Sultana
U Janardhan Reddy
V Nagi Reddy
Fast Watershed Segmentation for Breast Cancer Detection
International Transactions on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Mammogram
Geometric Features
Gradient Features
Texture Features
Keypoint detection
Watershed segmentation
title Fast Watershed Segmentation for Breast Cancer Detection
title_full Fast Watershed Segmentation for Breast Cancer Detection
title_fullStr Fast Watershed Segmentation for Breast Cancer Detection
title_full_unstemmed Fast Watershed Segmentation for Breast Cancer Detection
title_short Fast Watershed Segmentation for Breast Cancer Detection
title_sort fast watershed segmentation for breast cancer detection
topic Mammogram
Geometric Features
Gradient Features
Texture Features
Keypoint detection
Watershed segmentation
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