A modified fuzzy c-means algorithm for breast tissue density segmentation in mammograms

Proceedings of the IEEE/EMBS Region 8 International Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chen, Zhili ^a,b   Zwiggelaar, Reyer ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TISSUES; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; FCM ALGORITHM; FEATURE SPACE; FILTERED IMAGES; FUZZY C-MEANS ALGORITHMS; GREY-LEVEL; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTENSITY INFORMATION; MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SEGMENTATION RESULTS; SINGLE PIXEL; SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS; SYNTHETIC IMAGES; WEIGHTING COEFFICIENT; WINDOW FILTERS;

ALGORITHMS; COPYING; FUZZY CLUSTERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; X RAY SCREENS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 79951604103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2010.5687751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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