Post Processing of Breast Phantom MRI-156 Images Using Snake Algorithm

Mammography is a known method for the early detection of breast cancer. However, the mammograms which are in black and white and in the shade of grey have some limitations in portraying the abnormalities. Image segmentation is a very crucial process in detecting abnormalities in computed radiography mammographic images. Active contours which are known as 'snake' are dynamic algorithms which can be used to perform the image segmentation. In order to test the applicability of the snake algorithm in performing segmentation, the breast phantom MRI-156 images are used. Only the breast phantom images at the exposures of 25 kV, 28 kV and 35 kV with milliampere (mAs) of 0.5 are considered. It is found that when the image is divided into four equal regions, the detection of abnormalities in the image is more effective as compared to the image processed as a whole.