Segmentation of the Breast Region in Mammograms Using Snakes

	This Article
	Subscribers, please Login Purchase article: $19 PDF IEEE Xplore Subscribers RSS feed
	Share
	Email this Article to a friend
	Bibliographic References
	ASCII Text BibTex RefWorks Procite/RefMan
	Add to:
	Digg Furl Spurl Blink Simpy Google Del.icio.us Y!MyWeb
	Search
	Similar Articles Articles by Michael A. Wirth Articles by Alexei Stapinski

1st Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'04)

University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

May 17-May 19

ISBN: 0-7695-2127-4

	ASCII Text	x
	Michael A. Wirth, Alexei Stapinski, "Segmentation of the Breast Region in Mammograms Using Snakes," Computer and Robot Vision, Canadian Conference, pp. 385-392, 1st Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'04), 2004.

	BibTex	x
	@article{ 10.1109/CCCRV.2004.1301473, author = {Michael A. Wirth and Alexei Stapinski}, title = {Segmentation of the Breast Region in Mammograms Using Snakes}, journal ={Computer and Robot Vision, Canadian Conference}, volume = {0}, year = {2004}, isbn = {0-7695-2127-4}, pages = {385-392}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CCCRV.2004.1301473}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

	RefWorks Procite/RefMan/Endnote	x
	TY - CONF JO - Computer and Robot Vision, Canadian Conference TI - Segmentation of the Breast Region in Mammograms Using Snakes SN - 0-7695-2127-4 SP385 EP392 A1 - Michael A. Wirth, A1 - Alexei Stapinski, PY - 2004 KW - null VL - 0 JA - Computer and Robot Vision, Canadian Conference ER -

Michael A. Wirth, University of Guelph

Alexei Stapinski, University of Guelph

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CCCRV.2004.1301473

The largest single feature on a mammogram is the skin-air interface, or breast contour. Extraction of the breast contour is useful for a number of reasons. Foremost it allows the search for abnormalities to be limited to the region of the breast without undue influence from the background of the mammogram. Segmentation of the breast-region from the background is made difficult by the tapering nature of the breast, such that the breast contour lies in between the soft-tissue and the non-breast region. This paper explores the application of snakes to the problem of automatically extracting the breast region in mammograms.

Citation:

Michael A. Wirth, Alexei Stapinski, "Segmentation of the Breast Region in Mammograms Using Snakes," crv, pp.385-392, 1st Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'04), 2004

Peer Review Notice | Give Us Feedback

Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use.