Segmentation and classification of breast tumor using dynamic contrast-enhanced MR images

Yuanjie Zheng, Sajjad Baloch, Sarah Englander, Mitchell D. Schnall, Dinggang Shen

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Abstract

Accuracy of automatic cancer diagnosis is largely determined by two factors, namely, the precision of tumor segmentation, and the suitability of extracted features for discrimination between malignancy and benignancy. In this paper, we propose a new framework for accurate characterization of tumors in contrast enhanced MR images. First, a new graph cut based segmentation algorithm is developed for refining coarse manual segmentation, which allows precise identification of tumor regions. Second, by considering serial contrast-enhanced images as a single spatio-temporal image, a spatio-temporal model of segmented tumor is constructed to extract Spatio-Temporal Enhancement Patterns (STEPs). STEPs are designed to capture not only dynamic enhancement and architectural features, but also spatial variations of pixel-wise temporal enhancement of the tumor. While temporal enhancement features are extracted through Fourier transform, the resulting STEP framework captures spatial patterns of temporal enhancement features via moment invariants and rotation invariant Gabor textures. High accuracy of the proposed framework is a direct consequence of this two pronged approach, which is validated through experiments yielding, for instance, an area of 0.97 under the ROC curve.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2007 - 10th International Conference, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages393-401
Number of pages9
EditionPART 2
ISBN (Print)9783540757580
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event10th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2007 - Brisbane, Australia
Duration: 2007 Oct 292007 Nov 2

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume4792 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other10th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2007
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityBrisbane
Period07/10/2907/11/2

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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