Mammographic mass detection with statistical region merging

Mariusz Bajger*, Fei Ma, Simon Williams, Murk Bottema

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Abstract

An automatic method for detection of mammo-graphic masses is presented which utilizes statistical region merging for segmentation (SRM) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) for classification. The performance of the scheme was evaluated on 36 images selected from the local database of mammograms and on 48 images taken from the Digital Database for Screening Mammography (DDSM). The Az value (area under the ROC curve) for classifying each region was 0.90 for the local dataset and 0.96 for the images from DDSM. Results indicate that SRM segmentation can form part of an robust and efficient basis for analysis of mammograms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2010 Digital Image Computing
Subtitle of host publicationTechniques and Applications, DICTA 2010
Pages27-32
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, DICTA 2010 - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Duration: 1 Dec 20103 Dec 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2010 Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, DICTA 2010

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, DICTA 2010
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney, NSW
Period1/12/103/12/10

Keywords

  • Mammography
  • Mass detection
  • Segmentation
  • Statistical region merging

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