Segmentation technique for detecting suspect masses in dense breast digitized images as a tool for mammography CAD schemes.
Homero SchiabelVivian T. SantosMichele F. AngeloPublished in: SAC (2008)
Keyphrases
- computer aided diagnosis
- cad systems
- computer aided
- medical images
- digitized images
- breast cancer
- breast ultrasound images
- breast cancer diagnosis
- medical imaging
- computer aided detection
- pectoral muscle
- early detection of breast cancer
- lung nodules
- diagnosis of breast cancer
- image analysis
- mammogram images
- digital mammograms
- breast tissue
- ultrasound image segmentation
- mammographic images
- segmentation method
- level set
- image segmentation
- image processing
- dce mri
- computer aided design
- segmentation accuracy
- shape prior
- segmentation algorithm
- breast ultrasound
- early detection
- object segmentation
- x ray
- fully automatic
- breast cancer detection
- digital mammography
- multiscale
- edge detection
- lesion segmentation
- breast mri
- gradient vector flow
- benign and malignant
- magnetic resonance imaging
- anatomical structures
- pulmonary nodules