Title :
Image processing for early diagnosis of breast cancer using infrared images
Author :
Kapoor, Pragati ; Prasad, S. V V A
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Lingaya´´s Univ., Faridabad, India
Abstract :
Early diagnosis of Breast Cancer is the key to improve survival rate. Infrared thermal imaging or thermography is a promising screening tool as it is able to warn women of breast cancer ten years in advance. However, interpretation of a thermogram can be inconsistent. In order to improve the accuracy of preliminary breast cancer screening using thermogram, image segmentation is proposed as an automatic approach for analysis of infrared thermal images. Edge detection and Hough transform are outlined for asymmetry analysis of heat patterns in contralateral breasts.
Keywords :
Hough transforms; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; edge detection; image segmentation; infrared imaging; medical image processing; patient treatment; Hough transform; breast cancer diagnosis; breast cancer screening; contralateral breast; edge detection; heat pattern; image processing; image segmentation; infrared thermal imaging; survival rate; thermography; Breast cancer; Image analysis; Image edge detection; Image processing; Image segmentation; Infrared imaging; Mammography; Optical imaging; Pattern analysis; Temperature; Breast Cancer; Hough transform; asymmetry analysis; edge detection; image segmentation; infrared thermal imaging; thermogram;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE), 2010 The 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5585-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5586-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCAE.2010.5451827
