A fully automated scheme for mammographic segmentation and classification based on breast density and asymmetry

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-63

  Tzikopoulos, Stylianos D ^a   Mavroforakis, Michael E ^b   Georgiou, Harris V ^a   Dimitropoulos, Nikos ^c   Theodoridis, Sergios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c Delta Digital Imaging   (Greece)

Author keywords

Automated mammogram segmentation; Breast asymmetry; Breast boundary; Breast density; Nipple detection; Pectoral muscle

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED MAMMOGRAM SEGMENTATION; BREAST ASYMMETRY; BREAST BOUNDARY; BREAST DENSITY; NIPPLE DETECTION; PECTORAL MUSCLES;

AUTOMATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; X RAY SCREENS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79952362886     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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