A comparison of two methods for the segmentation of masses in the digital mammograms

被引：23
作者：
Dubey, R. B. [1 ]
Hanmandlu, M. [2 ]
Gupta, S. K. [3 ]
机构：
[1] Apeejay Coll Eng, ICE Dept, Sohna, Gurgaon, India
[2] Indian Inst Technol, Elect Eng Dept, New Delhi, India
[3] DCRUST, Elect Eng Dept, Murthal, Sonepat, India
来源：
COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL IMAGING AND GRAPHICS | 2010年 / 34卷 / 03期
关键词：
Breast cancer; Malignant breast masses; Digital mammograms; Level set segmentation and marker; controlled watershed segmentation;
D O I：
10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.09.002
中图分类号：
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号：
0831 ;
摘要：
An accurate and standardized technique for breast tumor segmentation is a critical step for monitoring and quantifying breast cancer. The fully automated tumor segmentation in mammograms presents many challenges related to characteristics of an image. In this paper, a comparison of two different semi-automated methods, viz., level set and marker controlled watershed methods that perform an accurate and fast segmentation of tumor is made. The robustness of the proposed methods is demonstrated by the segmentation of a set of 17 mammogram images. Numerical validation of the results is also provided. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：185 / 191
页数：7
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