Title :
Morphological and related image processing techniques for the detection of microcalcifications in mammographic images
Author :
Smith, C.M. ; Nelson, S.R. ; Tuovilla, S.M.
Author_Institution :
Dahlgen Div., Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, FL, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a simple technique for locating microcalcifications in digital mammograms. These methods use the fact that many smoothing techniques are never applied to mammograms as they erase the important features. This is turned to an advantage by subtracting the smoothed image from the original, thus leaving only the important features. A variety of smoothers and enhancers are applied to two image data sets, and the results reported
Keywords :
diagnostic radiography; medical image processing; breast cancer; image data sets; important features erasure; mammographic images; medical diagnostic imaging; microcalcifications detection; original image; smoothing techniques; Breast cancer; Cities and towns; Image analysis; Image databases; Image processing; Mammography; Pixel; Sea measurements; Surface morphology; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Image Analysis and Interpretation, 1998 IEEE Southwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4876-1
DOI :
10.1109/IAI.1998.666855
