Advanced infrared image processing for breast cancer risk assessment

Author

Lipari, Charles A. ; Head, Jonathan F.

Author_Institution

Arizona State Univ.-East, Mesa, AZ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1997

Firstpage

673

Abstract

The following report describes image processing techniques applied to high resolution breast thermograms as used to predict breast cancer. The goal is to observe asymmetry in the heat pattern due to temperature differences and/or the areas of observed vesicular structure and other “hot spots”. Temperature and hot spot area differences are computed between the patient´s left and right breasts and structurally matched breast quadrants. The approach is designed to generate objective measures for determining the patient´s cancer risk

Keywords

biothermics; cancer; image enhancement; image resolution; infrared imaging; mammography; medical image processing; advanced infrared image processing; breast cancer risk assessment; heat pattern asymmetry; high resolution breast thermograms; hot spots; image enhancement; objective measures; observed vesicular structure; spatial resolution; structurally matched breast quadrants; temperature differences; Area measurement; Biomedical imaging; Breast cancer; Distortion measurement; Image analysis; Image processing; Infrared imaging; Risk management; Shape measurement; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1997. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4262-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757713

Filename

757713