Title :
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
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1997
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1997. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4262-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757713
