独立分量分析在乳腺钼靶X片感兴趣区域提取中的应用

为乳腺癌早期诊断和乳腺X线影像微钙化点计算机辅助检测的前期预处理,本研究提出基于独立分量分析（ICA）的自动提取新算法并且将其应用于乳腺图像感兴趣区域的自动提取.其具体思路是：（1）将乳腺区域图像提取成等大的子图像作为待测乳腺图像感兴趣区域;（2）将ICA应用于乳腺图像感兴趣区域得到基图像;（3）将待识别乳腺图像感兴趣区域在基图像所构成的子空间进行投影求得待测乳腺图像感兴趣区域的特征矢量;（4）用人工神经网络分类方法进行乳腺图像感兴趣区域的模式判别.对临床实际病例的试验结果表明,该方法的检出率为91%,与同类研究检出率相当.本研究方法简单有效,并具有较高的智能性,为ROI的自动提取提供了新的研究思路.     

基于小波分析和灰度纹理特征的乳腺X线图像微钙化点区域的提取

目的乳腺癌的早期发现对患者意义重大。为帮助医生进行乳腺癌的早期检查和诊断,本文提出利用小波分析与图像纹理特征提取相结合的方法来提取乳腺X线图像微钙化点区域,在提高检查准确性的同时避免漏检误检。方法首先利用灰度共生矩阵所提取的能量、熵、对比度、相关性以及小波分解后得到的各层高频系数的方差、能量作为图像的特征向量,然后利用支持向量机进行训练建立最优分类模型。最后利用建立的最优分类模型实现乳腺X线图像微钙化点区域的提取并利用检出率和误检率对结果进行评估。结果使用临床数据进行验证,结果表明利用小波分析与图像纹理特征提取相结合的方法能有效提取乳腺图像中的微钙化点区域。结论基于小波分析和灰度纹理特征的乳腺X线图像微钙化点区域的提取方法比单一的图像纹理特征提取或小波分析等方法,提取的效果更好。另外,该方法设计简单,更易于实现乳腺癌的自动化诊断。     

基于小波变换的数字乳腺图象增强和微细钙化点提取

本文通过对一维和二维乳腺图象信号的实验分析,提出了利用小波变换实现微细钙化点图象增强与提取的方法,即通过选择适当尺度的细节子图组合进行合成,得到对比度增强的钙化点图象;再经过阈值处理,提取出钙化点。根据本文方法对实际的乳腺X光片进行了实验,结果表明本文方法具有钙化点图象增强效果明显和钙化点定位准确等特点。     

基于小波变换的数字乳腺图象增强和微细钙化点提取

本文通过对一维和二维乳腺图象信号的实验分析,提出了利用小波变换实现微细钙化点图像增强与提取的方法,即通过选择适当迟度的细节子图组织进行合成,得到对比度增强的钙化点图象,再经过阈值处理,提取出钙化点,根据本文方法对实际的乳腺X光片进行了实验,结果表明本文方法具有钙化点图象增强效果明显和钙化点定位准确等技术。     

基于模型的乳腺X线图像胸肌分割算法研究

本文提出了一种基于模型的乳腺X线图像分割胸肌区域的新算法。该算法利用一组不同尺寸的感兴趣区(ROI)作用到乳腺X线图像，进而将每一个ROI得到的最优阎值组合成一条最优阎值曲线以及与该曲线对应的局部均方差曲线。在此基础上，根据我们提出的近似真实乳腺图像胸肌模型的特征，自动确定图像中胸肌区域的最佳分割阈值。最后，使用两段直线粗拟舍和多边形精拟合，精确提取出了阈值化的胸肌边界。通过对多达60幅临床乳腺X线图像的实际测定，得到了比较理想的胸肌边界检测效果。     

一种基于语义模型的乳腺钙化病灶标注方法

为了实现对乳腺X线影像的医学语义标注,提出一种利用贝叶斯网络(BN)的多层乳腺影像钙化点语义建模方法。该方法首先用支持向量机(SVM)得到从图像底层视觉特征到中层特征语义的映射,然后再利用BN融合特征语义,最终提取出高层病症语义即恶性程度的概率表达,完成语义模型。将模型应用于乳腺图像的语义标注,本实验选用142幅图像作为训练集,50幅图像作为测试集,结果表明,样本标注诊断语义的准确率:恶性为81.48%,良性为73.91%。     

一种基于小波变换的乳腺X线图肿块分割方法

目的：乳腺癌的早期诊断和治疗是能够降低乳腺癌患者死亡率的有效途径。通过乳腺X线图像观察乳腺状况是目前乳腺癌普查的首选影像方法。随着图像处理技术的高速发展,计算机辅助检测技术在乳腺癌的检测方面起到越来越重要的作用。方法：本文首先利用图像处理领域的形态学处理、区域增长等相关知识,对乳腺X线图像进行预处理操作,去除图像中所包含的干扰信息。之后提出一种对图像的灰度直方图进行小波变换,并根据其小波变换的模极大值点确定图像分割阈值的方法对乳腺X线图像中的疑似肿块区域进行粗分割。在通过粗分割过程获得乳腺肿块的大致位置信息之后,再利用区域增长的方法获得肿块的边缘信息。结果：本文选取MIAS乳腺图像数据库中的65幅图像作为测试图像,保证每幅图像至少包含一个乳腺肿块。利用本文所提方法对这65幅图像进行实验,并将实验结果与该数据库中的专家标注信息作对比,实验结果为当采用db40的小波系数时的检出率为95．5％。结论：本文所述方法能够有效地分割出乳腺X线图中的肿块区域,并且有较高的检出率,具有进一步研究和应用的价值。     

基于综合处理方法的乳腺X影像中微钙化点检测新技术

针对目前乳腺X线影像中微钙化点的计算机辅助检测普遍假阳性较高的难点 ,提出一种能发挥差值、小波及神经网络等多种技术优势的综合处理检测方法。对临床实际病例 (10名患者 ,2 44个微钙化点 )的试用结果表明 ,与单纯使用上述检测技术比较 ,该方法不仅操作简单 ,且具有较高的检出率 (TP达 93 % ) ,同时还明显地降低了假阳性 ,值得深入研究。     

乳腺断层摄影合成技术的临床价值

目的:探讨数字乳腺断层合成X线成像(DBT)结合合成2D图像(SM)对乳腺微钙化的检出和诊断效能。方法:回顾性分析228例乳腺影像及病理资料。3名影像医师独立阅读DBT结合全视野数字化乳腺摄影(FFDM)、DBT结合SM、FFDM、SM 4种模式下影像资料,记录微钙化有无,根据BI-RADS 2013版对微钙化进行分类,分析不同密度乳腺类型中良、恶性微钙化的检出率及诊断效能。结果:不管在致密型乳腺或所有腺体类型乳腺中,4种阅片模式对微钙化检出敏感度的差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),特异度均为100%。DBT结合SM与DBT结合FFDM对微钙化诊断敏感度、特异度及ROC曲线下面积的差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);FFDM的敏感度高于SM,特异度低于SM,ROC曲线下面积高于SM,差异均具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论:DBT结合SM与DBT结合FFDM对乳腺微钙化的检出、诊断效能相似。     

基于空-频域差值与超分辨率反馈网络的乳腺微钙化区域检测技术

【摘要】乳腺癌的早期症状在乳腺钼靶图像中主要表现为微钙化点,微钙化区域的真假阳性检测对于乳腺癌早期筛查具有重要意义。首先,对DDSM乳腺数据集中的图像进行预处理,去除噪声及无关组织干扰;其次,基于空-频域差值图像技术实现了疑似微钙化点的分割,取得的敏感性为91.00%,但假阳性率也较高（34.00%）,并根据疑似点的质心位置自动截取感兴趣区域;然后,通过超分辨率反馈网络算法进行微钙化区域超分辨率重建;最后,提取感兴趣区域的纹理特征,将Gentle AdaBoost算法和单层决策树算法相结合,构建强分类器GAB-DS对区域进行分类,将微钙化区域和正常组织分离开来,GAB-DS分类模型取得了96.25%的准确率、94.38%的敏感性以及98.13%的特异性。实验结果表明,该模型在微钙化区域检测上性能优越,可用于辅助临床乳腺癌检测及诊断,具有一定的临床应用价值。     

A wavelet-based algorithm for detecting clustered microcalcifications in digital mammograms.

A computerized scheme to detect clustered microcalcifications in digital mammograms has been developed. Detection of individual microcalcifications in regions of interest (ROIs) was also performed. The mammograms were previously classified into fatty and dense, according to their breast tissue. The most appropriate wavelet basis and reconstruction levels were selected. To select the wavelet basis, 40 profiles of microcalcifications were decomposed and reconstructed using different types of wavelet functions and different combinations of wavelet coefficients. The symlets with a basis of length 8 were chosen for fatty tissue. For dense tissue, the Daubechies' wavelets with a four-element basis were employed. Two methods to detect individual microcalcifications were evaluated: (a) two-dimensional wavelet transform, and (b) one-dimensional wavelet transform. The second technique yielded the best results, and was used to detect clustered microcalcifications in the complete mammogram. When detecting individual microcalcifications by using two-dimensional wavelet transform we have obtained, for fatty ROIs, a sensitivity of 71.11% at a false positive rate of 7.13 per image. For dense ROIs the sensitivity was 60.76% and the false positive rate, 7.33. The areas (A1) under the AFROC curves were 0.33+/-0.04 and 0.28+/-0.02, respectively. The one-dimensional wavelet transform method yielded 80.44% of sensitivity and 6.43 false positives per image (A1=0.39+/-0.03) for fatty ROIs, and 62.17% and 5.82 false positives per image (A1=0.37+/-0.02) for dense ROIs. For the detection of clusters of microcalcifications in the entire mammogram, the sensitivity was 80.00% with 0.94 false positives per image (A1=0.77+/-0.09) for fatty mammograms, and 72.85% of sensitivity at a false positive detection rate of 2.21 per image (A1=0.64+/-0.07) for dense mammograms. Globally, a sensitivity of 76.43% at a false positive detection rate of 1.57 per image was obtained.     

Neighbourhood search feature selection method for content-based mammogram retrieval

Content-based image retrieval plays an increasing role in the clinical process for supporting diagnosis. This paper proposes a neighbourhood search method to select the near-optimal feature subsets for the retrieval of mammograms from the Mammographic Image Analysis Society (MIAS) database. The features based on grey level cooccurrence matrix, Daubechies-4 wavelet, Gabor, Cohen–Daubechies–Feauveau 9/7 wavelet and Zernike moments are extracted from mammograms available in the MIAS database to form the combined or fused feature set for testing various feature selection methods. The performance of feature selection methods is evaluated using precision, storage requirement and retrieval time measures. Using the proposed method, a significant improvement is achieved in mean precision rate and feature dimension. The results show that the proposed method outperforms the state-of-the-art feature selection methods.     

Perceived Sufficiency of Full-Field Digital Mammograms With and Without Irreversible Image Data Compression for Comparison with Next-Year Mammograms

Problems associated with the large file sizes of digital mammograms have impeded the integration of digital mammography with picture archiving and communications systems. Digital mammograms irreversibly compressed by the novel wavelet Access Over Network (AON) compression algorithm were compared with lossless-compressed digital mammograms in a blinded reader study to evaluate the perceived sufficiency of irreversibly compressed images for comparison with next-year mammograms. Fifteen radiologists compared the same 100 digital mammograms in three different comparison modes: lossless-compressed vs 20:1 irreversibly compressed images (mode 1), lossless-compressed vs 40:1 irreversibly compressed images (mode 2), and 20:1 irreversibly compressed images vs 40:1 irreversibly compressed images (mode 3). Compression levels were randomly assigned between monitors. For each mode, the less compressed of the two images was correctly identified no more frequently than would occur by chance if all images were identical in compression. Perceived sufficiency for comparison with next-year mammograms was achieved by 97.37% of the lossless-compressed images and 97.37% of the 20:1 irreversibly compressed images in mode 1, 97.67% of the lossless-compressed images and 97.67% of the 40:1 irreversibly compressed images in mode 2, and 99.33% of the 20:1 irreversibly compressed images and 99.19% of the 40:1 irreversibly compressed images in mode 3. In a random-effect analysis, the irreversibly compressed images were found to be noninferior to the lossless-compressed images. Digital mammograms irreversibly compressed by the wavelet AON compression algorithm were as frequently judged sufficient for comparison with next-year mammograms as lossless-compressed digital mammograms.     

Microcalcification detection based on wavelet domain hidden markov tree model: study for inclusion to computer aided diagnostic prompting system

In this paper we investigate the performance of statistical modeling of digital mammograms by means of wavelet domain hidden Markov trees for its inclusion to a computer-aided diagnostic prompting system. The system is designed for detecting clusters of microcalcifications. Their further discrimination as benign or malignant is to be done by radiologists. The model is used for segmenting images based on the maximum likelihood classifier enhanced by the weighting technique. Further classification incorporates spatial filtering for a single microcalcification (MC) and microcalcification cluster (MCC) detection. Contrast filtering applied for the digital database for screening mammography (DDSM) dataset prior to spatial filtering greatly improves the classification accuracy. For all MC clusters of 40 mammograms from the mini-MIAS database of Mammographic Image Analysis Society, 92.5%-100% of true positive cases can be detected under 2-3 false positives per image. For 150 cases of DDSM cases, the designed system is capable to detect up to 98% of true positives under 3.3% of false positive cases.     

Combining two mammographic projections in a computer aided mass detection method

A method is presented to improve computer aided detection (CAD) results for masses in mammograms by fusing information obtained from two views of the same breast. It is based on a previously developed approach to link potentially suspicious regions in mediolateral oblique (MLO) and craniocaudal (CC) views. Using correspondence between regions, we extended our CAD scheme by building a cascaded multiple-classifier system, in which the last stage computes suspiciousness of an initially detected region conditional on the existence and similarity of a linked candidate region in the other view. We compared the two-view detection system with the single-view detection method using free-response receiver operating characteristic (FROC) analysis and cross validation. The dataset used in the evaluation consisted of 948 four-view mammograms, including 412 cancer cases with a mass, architectural distortion, or asymmetry. A statistically significant improvement was found in the lesion based detection performance. At a false positive (FP) rate of 0.1 FP/image, the lesion sensitivity improved from 56% to 61%. Case based sensitivity did not improve.     

基于小波变换的微钙化灶增强

用图像增强技术处理乳腺钼靶片，以识别读原片时难以分辨的微小病灶的细节。此项技术是先对原始图像做小波变换，然后利用归一化的差值图像数据调制小波系数，最后取变换后小波系数的一部分反变换得到增强图像。将此法与传统的部分小波变换和基于形态学的高帽增强算法比较，加权小波系数部分重构增强法在检测微钙化灶方面上优于其他两种方法。     

Computer-Aided Identification of the Pectoral Muscle in Digitized Mammograms

Mammograms are X-ray images of human breast which are normally used to detect breast cancer. The presence of pectoral muscle in mammograms may disturb the detection of breast cancer as the pectoral muscle and mammographic parenchyma appear similar. So, the suppression or exclusion of the pectoral muscle from the mammograms is demanded for computer-aided analysis which requires the identification of the pectoral muscle. The main objective of this study is to propose an automated method to efficiently identify the pectoral muscle in medio-lateral oblique-view mammograms. This method uses a proposed graph cut-based image segmentation technique for identifying the pectoral muscle edge. The identified pectoral muscle edge is found to be ragged. Hence, the pectoral muscle is smoothly represented using Bezier curve which uses the control points obtained from the pectoral muscle edge. The proposed work was tested on a public dataset of medio-lateral oblique-view mammograms obtained from mammographic image analysis society database, and its performance was compared with the state-of-the-art methods reported in the literature. The mean false positive and false negative rates of the proposed method over randomly chosen 84 mammograms were calculated, respectively, as 0.64% and 5.58%. Also, with respect to the number of results with small error, the proposed method out performs existing methods. These results indicate that the proposed method can be used to accurately identify the pectoral muscle on medio-lateral oblique view mammograms.