Accurate segmentation of breast tumors in ultrasound images using a custom-made active contour model and signal-to-noise ratio variations

8th International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems, SITIS 2012r

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 137-141

  Daoud, Mohammad I ^a   Baba, Mohammad M ^b   Awwad, Falah ^b   Al Najjar, Mahasen ^c   Tarawneh, Emad S ^c  

^a GERMAN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Active contour models; Cancer detection; Computer aided diagnosis tools; Signal to noise ratio; Tumor segmentation; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; B-MODE IMAGES; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN EXPERT; SENSITIVITY VALUES; SIGNALTONOISE RATIO (SNR); STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TISSUE ANATOMY; TUMOR BOUNDARY; TUMOR SEGMENTATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84874044523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SITIS.2012.30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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