Current methods in medical image segmentation

DL Pham, C Xu, JL Prince - Annual review of biomedical …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Image segmentation plays a crucial role in many medical-imaging applications, by
automating or facilitating the delineation of anatomical structures and other regions of …

Computer-aided detection/diagnosis of breast cancer in mammography and ultrasound: a review

A Jalalian, SBT Mashohor, HR Mahmud, MIB Saripan… - Clinical imaging, 2013 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women worldwide. Early detection
of breast cancer can increase treatment options and patients' survivability. Mammography is …

Computer-aided detection and diagnosis of breast cancer with mammography: recent advances

J Tang, RM Rangayyan, J Xu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Breast cancer is the second-most common and leading cause of cancer death among
women. It has become a major health issue in the world over the past 50 years, and its …

Approaches for automated detection and classification of masses in mammograms

HD Cheng, XJ Shi, R Min, LM Hu, XP Cai, HN Du - Pattern recognition, 2006 - Elsevier
Breast cancer continues to be a significant public health problem in the world. Early
detection is the key for improving breast cancer prognosis. Mammography has been one of …

Computer-aided detection and classification of microcalcifications in mammograms: a survey

HD Cheng, X Cai, X Chen, L Hu, X Lou - Pattern recognition, 2003 - Elsevier
Breast cancer continues to be a significant public health problem in the world.
Approximately, 182,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed and 46,000 women die …

A review of automatic mass detection and segmentation in mammographic images

A Oliver, J Freixenet, J Marti, E Perez, J Pont… - Medical image …, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to review existing approaches to the automatic detection and
segmentation of masses in mammographic images, highlighting the key-points and main …

Computer-assisted method and apparatus for analysis of x-ray images using wavelet transforms

LP Clarke, W Qian, L Li - US Patent 5,799,100, 1998 - Google Patents
A computer-assisted diagnostic (CAD) method and appara tus are described for the
enhancement and detection of suspicious regions in digital X-ray images. with particular …

Anniversary Paper: History and status of CAD and quantitative image analysis: The role of Medical Physics and AAPM

ML Giger, HP Chan, J Boone - Medical physics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The roles of physicists in medical imaging have expanded over the years, from the study of
imaging systems (sources and detectors) and dose to the assessment of image quality and …

[PDF][PDF] Application of data mining techniques for medical image classification

ML Antonie, OR Zaiane… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca
Breast cancer represents the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women today and it
is the most common type of cancer in women. This paper presents some experiments for …

Early diagnosis and detection of breast cancer

M Milosevic, D Jankovic, A Milenkovic… - … and Health Care, 2018 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. It is often
characterized by a lack of early symptoms, which results in late detection of the disease …