Automated breast masses segmentation in digitized mammograms
In this paper, an automated segmentation method is proposed. The method is applied to the segmentation of breast masses in digitized mammograms and it operates on the whole mammograms instead of manually selected regions. Pixels with local maximum gray levels are flagged as seeds, fro...
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| author | Zhang, Han Foo, Say Wei Thng, Choon Hua Krishnan, Shankar M. |
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| description | In this paper, an automated segmentation method is proposed. The method is applied to the segmentation of breast masses in digitized mammograms and it operates
on the whole mammograms instead of manually selected regions. Pixels with local maximum gray levels are flagged as seeds, from which many candidate objects are grown using modified region-growing technique.
Following which False Positive (FP) reduction using decision tree is applied to discard the normal tissue regions. A total of 40 mammograms from Mammographic Image Analysis Society (MIAS) are analyzed. 36 masses are correctly segmented by the
proposed method, resulting in 90% True Positive Rate at 1.3 FPs per image. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/909262020-03-07T13:24:46Z Automated breast masses segmentation in digitized mammograms Zhang, Han Foo, Say Wei Thng, Choon Hua Krishnan, Shankar M. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering IEEE International Workshop on BioMedical Circuits & Systems (2004 : Singapore) In this paper, an automated segmentation method is proposed. The method is applied to the segmentation of breast masses in digitized mammograms and it operates on the whole mammograms instead of manually selected regions. Pixels with local maximum gray levels are flagged as seeds, from which many candidate objects are grown using modified region-growing technique. Following which False Positive (FP) reduction using decision tree is applied to discard the normal tissue regions. A total of 40 mammograms from Mammographic Image Analysis Society (MIAS) are analyzed. 36 masses are correctly segmented by the proposed method, resulting in 90% True Positive Rate at 1.3 FPs per image. Published version 2009-07-03T03:25:46Z 2019-12-06T17:56:34Z 2009-07-03T03:25:46Z 2019-12-06T17:56:34Z 2004 2004 Conference Paper Zhang, H., Foo, S. W., Krishnan, S. M., & Thng, C. H. (2004). Automated breast masses segmentation in digitized mammograms. IEEE International Workshop on BioMedical Circuits & Systems (pp. 1-4). https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90926 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4676 10.1109/BIOCAS.2004.1454102 en © 2004 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE. This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. http://www.ieee.org/portal/site. 4 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Zhang, Han Foo, Say Wei Thng, Choon Hua Krishnan, Shankar M. Automated breast masses segmentation in digitized mammograms |
| title | Automated breast masses segmentation in digitized mammograms |
| title_full | Automated breast masses segmentation in digitized mammograms |
| title_fullStr | Automated breast masses segmentation in digitized mammograms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Automated breast masses segmentation in digitized mammograms |
| title_short | Automated breast masses segmentation in digitized mammograms |
| title_sort | automated breast masses segmentation in digitized mammograms |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90926 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4676 |
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