BREAST MASS DETECTION USING BILATERAL FILTER AND MEAN SHIFT BASED CLUSTERING

Farhang Sahba, Anastasios Venetsanopoulos

2010

Abstract

This paper presents a new method for mass detection and segmentation in mammography images. The extraction of the breast border is the first step. A bilateral filter is then applied to the breast area to smooth the image while preserving the edges. Image pixels are subsequently clustered using an adaptive mean shift scheme that employs intensity information to extract a set of high density points in the feature space. Due to its non-parametric nature, adaptive mean shift algorithm can work effectively with non-convex regions resulting in suitable candidates for a reliable segmentation. The clustering is then followed by further stages involving mode fusion. An artificial neural network is also used to remove the false detected regions and recognize the real masses. The proposed method has been validated on standard database. The results show that this method detects and segments masses in mammography images effectively, making it useful for breast cancer detection systems.

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Sahba F. and Venetsanopoulos A. (2010). BREAST MASS DETECTION USING BILATERAL FILTER AND MEAN SHIFT BASED CLUSTERING . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-19-5, pages 88-93. DOI: 10.5220/0002997600880093


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@conference{sigmap10,
author={Farhang Sahba and Anastasios Venetsanopoulos},
title={BREAST MASS DETECTION USING BILATERAL FILTER AND MEAN SHIFT BASED CLUSTERING},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={88-93},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002997600880093},
isbn={978-989-8425-19-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2010)
TI - BREAST MASS DETECTION USING BILATERAL FILTER AND MEAN SHIFT BASED CLUSTERING
SN - 978-989-8425-19-5
AU - Sahba F.
AU - Venetsanopoulos A.
PY - 2010
SP - 88
EP - 93
DO - 10.5220/0002997600880093