Nipple segmentation and localization using modified u-net on breast ultrasound images

Z Zhuang, ANJ Raj, A Jain, N Ruban… - Journal of Medical …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Breast cancer causes massive deaths every year. To prevent this, the detection of a tumor in
its initial stage is necessary. And correctly identifying a tumor from an ultrasound image …

Computer assistance for MR based diagnosis of breast cancer: present and future challenges

S Behrens, H Laue, M Althaus, T Boehler… - … medical imaging and …, 2007 - Elsevier
MR based methods have gained an important role for the clinical detection and diagnosis of
breast cancer. Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of the breast has become a robust and …

A heuristic approach to automated nipple detection in digital mammograms

M Jas, S Mukhopadhyay, J Chakraborty, A Sadhu… - Journal of digital …, 2013 - Springer
In this paper, a heuristic approach to automated nipple detection in digital mammograms is
presented. A multithresholding algorithm is first applied to segment the mammogram and …

Detection of the nipple in mammograms with Gabor filters and the Radon transform

J Chakraborty, A Midya, S Mukhopadhyay… - … Signal Processing and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Detection of the nipple in mammograms is an important step in algorithms for the detection
of breast cancer. However, locating the nipple position is a challenging task due to distortion …

Texture based mammogram classification and segmentation

YC Gong, M Brady, S Petroudi - International Workshop on Digital …, 2006 - Springer
Several studies have showed that increased mammographic density is an important risk
factor for breast cancer. Dense tissue often appears as textured regions in mammograms, so …

Nipple detection in craniocaudal digital mammograms

M Mustra, J Bozek, M Grgic - 2009 International Symposium …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital mammography brought many changes in the development of computer aided
detection (CAD) algorithms. Many preprocessing steps on mammograms are made …

Automatic nipple detection method for digital skin images with psoriasis lesions

Y George, M Aldeen, R Garnavi - 2019 Digital Image …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The presence of nipples in human trunk images is considered a main problem in psoriasis
images. Existing segmentation methods fail to differentiate between psoriasis lesions and …

Automatic segmentation of relevant structures in DCE MR mammograms

M Koenig, H Laue, T Boehler… - Medical Imaging 2007 …, 2007 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The automatic segmentation of relevant structures such as skin edge, chest wall, or nipple in
dynamic contrast enhanced MR imaging (DCE MRI) of the breast provides additional …

Nipple localization in automated whole breast ultrasound coronal scans using ensemble learning

ANJ Raj, R Nersisson, VGV Mahesh… - Ultrasonic …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Nipple is a vital landmark in the breast lesion diagnosis. Although there are advanced
computer-aided detection (CADe) systems for nipple detection in breast mediolateral …

Automatic nipple detection in mammograms using local maximum features along breast contour

CC Jen, SS Yu - Biomedical Engineering: Applications, Basis and …, 2015 - World Scientific
Mammogram registration is an important preprocessing technique, which helps in finding
asymmetrical regions in left and right breast. However, correct nipple position is the crucial …