• DocumentCode
    3264572
  • Title

    Digital mammography image enhancement using improved unsharp masking approach

  • Author

    Wu, Zhe ; Yuan, Julong ; Lv, Binghai ; Zheng, Xiaofeng

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Eng. Res. Center For High Efficiency Grinding, Hunan Univ., Changsha, China
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-18 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    668
  • Lastpage
    672
  • Abstract
    Characteristics of the lesions in digital mammography images will be more clear after image enhancement, which can increase the detection rate of early breast cancer. This paper proposes a modified unsharp masking approach based on an improved high-pass filter. Experimental result of digital mammography image enhancement proves that the proposed method can effectively extrude the edges of lesions and at the same time can suppress the noises in uniform background areas.
  • Keywords
    high-pass filters; image enhancement; mammography; medical image processing; breast cancer detection; digital mammography image enhancement; digital mammography image lesion; high-pass filter; unsharp masking method; Adaptive filters; Filtering algorithms; Image enhancement; Image segmentation; Information filters; Low pass filters; Noise; image enhancement; mammography; unsharp masking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Image and Signal Processing (CISP), 2010 3rd International Congress on
  • Conference_Location
    Yantai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6513-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CISP.2010.5647218
  • Filename
    5647218