Pectoral muscle segmentation: a review

K Ganesan, UR Acharya, KC Chua, LC Min… - Computer methods and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Mammograms are X-ray images of breasts which are used to detect breast cancer. The
pectoral muscle is a mass of tissue on which the breast rests. During routine mammographic …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing two-pass connected-component labeling algorithms

K Wu, E Otoo, K Suzuki - Pattern Analysis and Applications, 2009 - Springer
We present two optimization strategies to improve connected-component labeling
algorithms. Taking together, they form an efficient two-pass labeling algorithm that is fast and …

[HTML][HTML] Clustering data streams using grid-based synopsis

V Bhatnagar, S Kaur, S Chakravarthy - Knowledge and information …, 2014 - Springer
Continually advancing technology has made it feasible to capture data online for onward
transmission as a steady flow of newly generated data points, termed as data stream …

Automated 3D Tumor Segmentation from Breast DCE-MRI using Energy-Tuned Minimax Optimization

P Babu, M Asaithambi, SM Suriyakumar - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Breast cancer (BC) is a multifaceted genetic malignancy that accounts for the majority of
cancer fatalities in women. Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging …

[PDF][PDF] Preprocessing of digital mammogram image based on otsu's threshold

AM Omer, M Elfadil - … Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences, 2017 - core.ac.uk
Mammograms are difficult images to interpret. Hence, a preprocessing stage is very
important to standardize the mammogram image along with the reduction of its size, and …

A novel multistage system for the detection and removal of pectoral muscles inmammograms

İI ESENER, S Ergin, T Yüksel - Turkish Journal of Electrical …, 2018 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
In this paper, a novel multistage scheme for pectoral muscle removal from mammography
images is proposed, and the performance of this system is verified using the publicly …

[HTML][HTML] ACT: An Automatic Centroid Tracking tool for analyzing vocal tract actions in real-time magnetic resonance imaging speech production data

M Oh, Y Lee - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) speech production data have expanded the
understanding of vocal tract actions. This letter presents an Automatic Centroid Tracking …

A genuine GLCM-based feature extraction for breast tissue classification on mammograms

S Ergin, İI Esener, T Yüksel - International Journal of Intelligent …, 2016 - dergipark.org.tr
A breast tissue type detection system is designed, and verified on a publicly available
mammogram dataset constructed by the Mammographic Image Analysis Society (MIAS) in …

Identification and segmentation of obscure pectoral muscle in mediolateral oblique mammograms

CH Wei, CY Gwo, PJ Huang - The British journal of radiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective: X-ray mammography is a widely used and reliable method for detecting pre-
symptomatic breast cancer. One of the difficulties in automatically computerized …

A region segmentation method for region-oriented image compression

R Zhao, Y Ma - Neurocomputing, 2012 - Elsevier
In order to obtain homogeneous regions and smooth contours for region-oriented image
compression, gradient-coupled spiking cortex model is designed and applied to digital …