FAST DETECTION OF MASSES IN MAMMOGRAMS WITH DIFFICULT CASE EXCLUSION

Authors

  • Gabor Takacs
  • Bela Pataki

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47839/ijc.4.3.365

Keywords:

Mammography, Mass Detection, Image Processing, Computer-Aided Diagnosis

Abstract

Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer among women. Currently mammography is the most efficient method for early detection. A simple and fast mammographic mass detection system and two different methods for difficult case exclusion are presented in this paper. The mass detection system uses a modified version of a known algorithm for small masses and a new algorithm for large masses. The first difficult case filtering method is based on tissue density estimation, the second one on mass candidate count. The system was tested with 600 mammographic cases, each containing 4 images. Case-level performance was measured for malignant mass detection first without and then with difficult case exclusion.

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G. Takacs, B. Pataki. Fast Detection of Mammographic Masses with Difficult Case Exclusion. Proceedings of the Third IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (IDAACS’2005), Sofia, Bulgaria, 2005, pp. 424-428.

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Published

2014-08-01

How to Cite

Takacs, G., & Pataki, B. (2014). FAST DETECTION OF MASSES IN MAMMOGRAMS WITH DIFFICULT CASE EXCLUSION. International Journal of Computing, 4(3), 70-75. https://doi.org/10.47839/ijc.4.3.365

Issue

2005, Volume 4, Issue 3

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