A fast and simple method for the visual enhancement of microcalcifications in digital mammograms based on mathematical morphology
Апстракт
A fast and simple method for the visual enhancement of small bright details in digital mammograms based on mathematical morphology is proposed. By a proper choice of the shape and size of the structuring element, an algorithm for a particular processing task - in this case, for the visual enhancement of microcalcifications in digital mammograms - was designed. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm was tested on publicly available mammograms from the mammographic image analysis society database. In all tested cases (23 mammograms), the proposed method successfully segmented and enhanced the existing microcalcifications, independently verified by medical experts. The proposed procedure may be used both as a visual aid in clinical mammogram analysis or as a preprocessing step for further processing, such as segmentation, classification and detection of microcalcifications. Moreover, the algorithm is very fast and robust, thus applicable to real-time mammogram processing.
Кључне речи:
microcalcification / mathematical morphology / mammography / local contrast enhancement / image processingИзвор:
Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, 2014, 29, 2, 108-115Издавач:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinča, Beograd
DOI: 10.2298/NTRP1402108S
ISSN: 1451-3994
WoS: 000339368400003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84905237980
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Mašinski fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Stojić, Tomislav PY - 2014 UR - https://machinery.mas.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1891 AB - A fast and simple method for the visual enhancement of small bright details in digital mammograms based on mathematical morphology is proposed. By a proper choice of the shape and size of the structuring element, an algorithm for a particular processing task - in this case, for the visual enhancement of microcalcifications in digital mammograms - was designed. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm was tested on publicly available mammograms from the mammographic image analysis society database. In all tested cases (23 mammograms), the proposed method successfully segmented and enhanced the existing microcalcifications, independently verified by medical experts. The proposed procedure may be used both as a visual aid in clinical mammogram analysis or as a preprocessing step for further processing, such as segmentation, classification and detection of microcalcifications. Moreover, the algorithm is very fast and robust, thus applicable to real-time mammogram processing. PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinča, Beograd T2 - Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection T1 - A fast and simple method for the visual enhancement of microcalcifications in digital mammograms based on mathematical morphology EP - 115 IS - 2 SP - 108 VL - 29 DO - 10.2298/NTRP1402108S ER -
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Stojić, T.. (2014). A fast and simple method for the visual enhancement of microcalcifications in digital mammograms based on mathematical morphology. in Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinča, Beograd., 29(2), 108-115. https://doi.org/10.2298/NTRP1402108S
Stojić T. A fast and simple method for the visual enhancement of microcalcifications in digital mammograms based on mathematical morphology. in Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection. 2014;29(2):108-115. doi:10.2298/NTRP1402108S .
Stojić, Tomislav, "A fast and simple method for the visual enhancement of microcalcifications in digital mammograms based on mathematical morphology" in Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, 29, no. 2 (2014):108-115, https://doi.org/10.2298/NTRP1402108S . .