Breast Ultrasound Automated ROI Segmentation with Region Growing

Image segmentation is an important technology used in different areas ranging from image processing to image analysis. One of the simplest methods for image segmentation that is widely implemented in medical images is the region growing method. Current researches mostly focus on using the region...

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Main Authors: Lee, Lay-Khoon, Liew, Siau-Chuin
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2015
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description Image segmentation is an important technology used in different areas ranging from image processing to image analysis. One of the simplest methods for image segmentation that is widely implemented in medical images is the region growing method. Current researches mostly focus on using the region growing method to automatically detect the presence of tumor in MRI (Magnetic Resonance) images instead of ultrasound images. In this paper, we present an algorithm to automatically detect tumors in ultrasound images. Inspired by SergeBeucher and Balasubramanian’s road segmentation algorithm, this paper will implement the road segmentation algorithm into medical image segmentation. Results show that, the road segmentation algorithm actually works on the segmentation of medical image. The dice coefficient was used to evaluate the accuracy of the algorithm, eventually getting a value of 0.988 ± 0.00147 as the mean and standard deviation. This value is significant, because the higher the DC value, the more accurate is the segmentation. Besides that, the DC value can use for future reference and comparison.
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spelling ump-106652016-07-21T04:33:21Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10665/ Breast Ultrasound Automated ROI Segmentation with Region Growing Lee, Lay-Khoon Liew, Siau-Chuin Q Science (General) QA76 Computer software Image segmentation is an important technology used in different areas ranging from image processing to image analysis. One of the simplest methods for image segmentation that is widely implemented in medical images is the region growing method. Current researches mostly focus on using the region growing method to automatically detect the presence of tumor in MRI (Magnetic Resonance) images instead of ultrasound images. In this paper, we present an algorithm to automatically detect tumors in ultrasound images. Inspired by SergeBeucher and Balasubramanian’s road segmentation algorithm, this paper will implement the road segmentation algorithm into medical image segmentation. Results show that, the road segmentation algorithm actually works on the segmentation of medical image. The dice coefficient was used to evaluate the accuracy of the algorithm, eventually getting a value of 0.988 ± 0.00147 as the mean and standard deviation. This value is significant, because the higher the DC value, the more accurate is the segmentation. Besides that, the DC value can use for future reference and comparison. IEEE 2015-08 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10665/1/Breast%20ultrasound%20automated%20ROI%20segmentation%20with.pdf Lee, Lay-Khoon and Liew, Siau-Chuin (2015) Breast Ultrasound Automated ROI Segmentation with Region Growing. In: IEEE 4th International Conference on Software Engineering and Computer Systems , 19-21 August 2015 , Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. pp. 177-182.. ISBN 978-1-4673-6722-6 (Published) http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICSECS.2015.7333106
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
QA76 Computer software
Lee, Lay-Khoon
Liew, Siau-Chuin
Breast Ultrasound Automated ROI Segmentation with Region Growing
title Breast Ultrasound Automated ROI Segmentation with Region Growing
title_full Breast Ultrasound Automated ROI Segmentation with Region Growing
title_fullStr Breast Ultrasound Automated ROI Segmentation with Region Growing
title_full_unstemmed Breast Ultrasound Automated ROI Segmentation with Region Growing
title_short Breast Ultrasound Automated ROI Segmentation with Region Growing
title_sort breast ultrasound automated roi segmentation with region growing
topic Q Science (General)
QA76 Computer software
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10665/1/Breast%20ultrasound%20automated%20ROI%20segmentation%20with.pdf