Title :
Filtering of mammograms using circular templates
Author :
Khan, Fyzodeen ; Manlove, Edward, III ; Sun, Ying
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, a class of filters with circular templates is studied for visual enhancement of spiculated lesions in digital X-ray mammograms. The filter is based on the Linear Circumnavigation Filter (LCF). It uses a disk shape of arbitrary width with the one pixel wide LCF. It can also be used to enhance other types of lesions
Keywords :
diagnostic radiography; digital filters; filtering theory; image enhancement; mammography; medical image processing; arbitrary width disk shape; circular templates; digital X-ray mammograms; digital filters; linear circumnavigation filter; mammogram filtering; spiculated lesions; visual enhancement; Digital filters; Displays; Electronic mail; Erbium; Filtering; Image databases; Lesions; Nonlinear filters; Shape; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE 26th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Storrs, CT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6341-8
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2000.842391
