K2. Automatic pectoral muscle boundary detection in mammograms using eigenvectors segmentation

• Published in: 2012 29th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC) pp. 633 - 640
• Main Authors: Abdellatif, H., Taha, T. E., Zahran, O. F., Al-Nauimy, W., El-Samie, F. E. A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Breast cancer; Educational institutions; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Mammograms; Muscles; Normalized graph cuts; Pectoral muscle; Vectors

Mammograms are X-ray images, which are used in breast cancer detection. Automatic pectoral muscle removal on Medio-Lateral Oblique-view (MLO) of mammograms is an essential step for many mammography processing algorithms. Presence of pectoral muscle gives false positive results in automated breast ca...