Accurate segmentation of the breast region from digitized mammograms

The segmentation of a digital mammogram into the breast region and the background is a necessary prerequisite in computer-assisted diagnosis of mammograms. By the exclusion of the background region, the accuracy of the analysis is increased and the running-time is decreased. The algorithm which segm...

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Veröffentlicht in:Computerized medical imaging and graphics 2001, Vol.25 (1), p.47-59
Hauptverfasser: Ojala, T., Näppi, J., Nevalainen, O.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The segmentation of a digital mammogram into the breast region and the background is a necessary prerequisite in computer-assisted diagnosis of mammograms. By the exclusion of the background region, the accuracy of the analysis is increased and the running-time is decreased. The algorithm which segments the breast region from the background should be fully automated and give correct results for all kinds of digitized mammograms, including low-quality images. In this paper we present such an algorithm based on histogram thresholding, morphological filtering and contour modeling. Quantitative test results indicate that the computed boundary follows the estimated boundary accurately.
ISSN:0895-6111
1879-0771
DOI:10.1016/S0895-6111(00)00036-7