Detection of microcalcifications in mammograms using statistical measures based region-growing

Pitchai Shanmugavadivu; S. G. Lakshmi Narayanan

doi:10.1117/12.2012313

28 January 2013 Detection of microcalcifications in mammograms using statistical measures based region-growing

Pitchai Shanmugavadivu, S. G. Lakshmi Narayanan

Proceedings Volume 8760, International Conference on Communication and Electronics System Design; 87601M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2012313
Event: International Conference on Communication and Electronics System Design, 2013, Jaipur, India

Abstract

A novel technique to detect the microcalcifications in digital mammograms presented in this paper uses the statistical measures, namely mean and variance, as the criterion to classify the pixels representing microcalcifications. This method has proved its credentials by accurately segmenting the microcalcifications in the mammogram image. This approach fixes the boundary of the microcalcifications accurately, which confirms, its qualitative performance.

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Pitchai Shanmugavadivu and S. G. Lakshmi Narayanan "Detection of microcalcifications in mammograms using statistical measures based region-growing", Proc. SPIE 8760, International Conference on Communication and Electronics System Design, 87601M (28 January 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2012313

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