Computerized Segmentation Method for Individual Calcifications Within Clustered Microcalcifications While Maintaining Their Shapes on Magnification Mammograms.
Akiyoshi HizukuriRyohei NakayamaNobuo NakakoHiroharu KawanakaHaruhiko TakaseKoji YamamotoShinji TsuruokaPublished in: J. Digit. Imaging (2012)
Keyphrases
- segmentation method
- computer aided diagnosis
- clustered microcalcifications
- computer aided
- automated segmentation
- detection of clustered microcalcifications
- breast cancer
- shape prior
- digital mammograms
- medical images
- image segmentation
- medical imaging
- region growing
- active contours
- image analysis
- segmentation algorithm
- active contour model
- digitized mammograms
- energy function
- segmented images
- image processing
- multiscale
- statistical shape model
- deformable models
- intensity information
- x ray
- shape variations
- color features
- ct images