Werapon CHIRACHARIT Kosin CHAMNONGTHAI King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi Electrical...
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DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MICROCALCIFICATIONS IN DIGITIZED
MAMMOGRAMS FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER
Werapon CHIRACHARITKosin CHAMNONGTHAI
King Mongkut’s University of Technology ThonburiElectrical and Computer Engineering
BREAST CANCER
Major Cause for Mortality of Women
its cause?
SCREENING TEST
Mammography: Breast X-Ray Imaging
ultrasound imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
thermography
MAMMOGRAM FILMS
Two Mammographic Views
Second Opinion
COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS (CAD)
DIGITIZED MAMMOGRAM
Transparency Adapter
Scanner Computer
X-Ray Film
MICROCALCIFICATIONS
Presentation of Mineral Deposits as Specks
RELATED WORK
Digital Mammograms
Detection of Microcalcifications
Classification of Microcalcifications
Benign / Malignant
• small size & vary shape• low contrast to background• ambiguity from noises
PART I DETECTION OF MICROCALCIFICATIONS
Calcification or Non-calcification?
MAMMOGRAPHIC ANALYSISin
ten s
it y
position
microcalcifications
noises
background
DETECTED MICROCALCIFICATIONS
input image output image
to be continued
PART II CLASSIFICATION OF
MICROCALCIFICATIONS
Benign or Malignant?