Title :
Evaluation of the index quality image analysing microcalcifications in digitized mammographic images
Author :
Mayo, P. ; Rodenas, F. ; Verdú, G. ; Villaescusa, J.I. ; Campayo, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Chem. & Nucl. Eng. Dept., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
A method has been developed to analyse the digital image quality of mammographic images by means of automatic process techniques. The techniques used for the digital image treatment are standard techniques as the image thresholding to detect objects, the regional growing for pixels pooling and the morphological operator application to determine the objects shape and size, etc. This study allows the obtention of information about the microcalcifications, that due to its small size and lowly contrast can be obtained very difficultly by direct observation. The final aim of this work is to obtain one or more parameters to characterize the quality image in an objective way. These parameters will serve to compare images obtained at different mammographic centers and also, to study the temporal evolution of the image quality produced by determined mammographic equipment.
Keywords :
CCD image sensors; algorithm theory; feature extraction; image segmentation; mammography; medical image processing; automatic process techniques; digital image quality; digital image treatment; digitized mammographic images; image thresholding; index quality image; mammographic centers; mammographic equipment; microcalcifications; morphological operator application; pixels pooling; regional growing; temporal evolution; Background noise; Breast cancer; Charge coupled devices; Chemical analysis; Digital images; Image analysis; Image quality; Image storage; Mammography; Protection;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2003. 4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7667-6
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2003.1222529