Region and boundary segmentation of microcalcifications using seed-based region growing and mathematical morphology
In this paper an image segmentation technique is presented by combining seed based region growing and boundary segmentation in sequential order. The first process in region growing is to identify an initial seed point. Most of region growing methods identify the seed point manually which involve hum...
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| author | Abdul Malek, Aminah Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Eny Zarina Ibrahim, Arsmah Mahmud, Rozi Yasiran, Siti Salmah Jumaat, Abdul Kadir |
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| description | In this paper an image segmentation technique is presented by combining seed based region growing and boundary segmentation in sequential order. The first process in region growing is to identify an initial seed point. Most of region growing methods identify the seed point manually which involve human interaction. Thus, automated initial seed point identification for region growing algorithm is proposed. The boundary segmentation technique is implemented in order to improve the segmentation results. The method is tested on 50 mammogram images confirmed by a radiologist to consist microcalcifications. Experimental results show that the algorithm successfully segment the microcalcifications with accuracy of 0.94. |
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| spelling | upm-481622016-09-14T02:45:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48162/ Region and boundary segmentation of microcalcifications using seed-based region growing and mathematical morphology Abdul Malek, Aminah Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Eny Zarina Ibrahim, Arsmah Mahmud, Rozi Yasiran, Siti Salmah Jumaat, Abdul Kadir In this paper an image segmentation technique is presented by combining seed based region growing and boundary segmentation in sequential order. The first process in region growing is to identify an initial seed point. Most of region growing methods identify the seed point manually which involve human interaction. Thus, automated initial seed point identification for region growing algorithm is proposed. The boundary segmentation technique is implemented in order to improve the segmentation results. The method is tested on 50 mammogram images confirmed by a radiologist to consist microcalcifications. Experimental results show that the algorithm successfully segment the microcalcifications with accuracy of 0.94. Elsevier 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48162/1/48162.pdf Abdul Malek, Aminah and Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Eny Zarina and Ibrahim, Arsmah and Mahmud, Rozi and Yasiran, Siti Salmah and Jumaat, Abdul Kadir (2010) Region and boundary segmentation of microcalcifications using seed-based region growing and mathematical morphology. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 8. pp. 634-639. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042810021932 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.088 |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Malek, Aminah Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Eny Zarina Ibrahim, Arsmah Mahmud, Rozi Yasiran, Siti Salmah Jumaat, Abdul Kadir Region and boundary segmentation of microcalcifications using seed-based region growing and mathematical morphology |
| title | Region and boundary segmentation of microcalcifications using seed-based region growing and mathematical morphology |
| title_full | Region and boundary segmentation of microcalcifications using seed-based region growing and mathematical morphology |
| title_fullStr | Region and boundary segmentation of microcalcifications using seed-based region growing and mathematical morphology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Region and boundary segmentation of microcalcifications using seed-based region growing and mathematical morphology |
| title_short | Region and boundary segmentation of microcalcifications using seed-based region growing and mathematical morphology |
| title_sort | region and boundary segmentation of microcalcifications using seed-based region growing and mathematical morphology |
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