Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Patent
1996-06-03
1998-08-25
Johns, Andrew W.
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
382276, G06K 900
Patent
active
057991006
ABSTRACT:
A computer-assisted diagnostic (CAD) method and apparatus are described for the enhancement and detection of suspicious regions in digital X-ray images, with particular emphasis on early cancer detection using digital mammography. An objective is to improve the sensitivity of detection of suspicious areas such as masses, while maintaining a low false positive detection rate, and to classify masses as benign or malignant. A modular CAD technique has been developed as a potentially automatic and/or second-opinion method for mass detection and classification in digital mammography that may in turn be readily modified for application with different digital X-ray detectors with varying gray-scale and resolution characteristics. The method consists of using a plurality of CAD modules to preprocess and enhance image features in the gray-level, the directional texture, and the morphological domains.
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Clarke Laurence P.
Li Lihua
Qian Wei
Johns Andrew W.
University of South Florida
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