Modeling and analysis of shape with applications in computer-aided diagnosis of breast cancer

Alternate Titles

• Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.

Description

Malignant tumors due to breast cancer and masses due to benign disease appear in mammograms with different shape characteristics: the former usually have rough, spiculated, or microlobulated contours, whereas the latter commonly have smooth, round, oval, or macrolobulated contours. Features that characterize shape roughness and complexity can assist in distinguishing between malignant tumors and benign masses. In spite of the established importance of shape factors in the analysis of breast tumors and masses, difficulties exist in obtaining accurate and artifact-free boundaries of the related regions from mammograms. Whereas manually drawn contours could contain artifacts related to hand tremor and are subject to intra-observer and inter-observer variations, automatically detected contours could contain noise and inaccuracies due to limitations or errors in the procedures for the detection and segmentation of the related regions. Modeling procedures are desired to eliminate the artifacts in a given contour, while preserving the important and significant details present in the contour.

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Series Statement

• Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering -- # 39

Links

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2200/S00325ED1V01Y201012BME039

Other Editions

• Modeling and analysis of shape with applications in computer-aided diagnosis of breast cancerElectronic resourceMorgan & Claypool2011-01-01
• Modeling and Analysis of Shape with Applications in Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast CancerSpringer International Publishing AG2011-01-01