A fully automatic algorithm for segmentation of the breasts in DCE-MR images

Automatic segmentation of the breast and axillary region is an important preprocessing step for automatic lesion detection in breast MR and dynamic contrast-enhanced-MR studies. In this paper, we present a fully automatic procedure based on the detection of the upper border of the pectoral muscle. C...

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Published in:2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Vol. 2010; pp. 3146 - 3149
Main Authors: Giannini, V, Vignati, A, Morra, L, Persano, D, Brizzi, D, Carbonaro, L, Bert, A, Sardanelli, F, Regge, D
Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States IEEE 01.01.2010
Subjects:
Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Breast
Breast - anatomy & histology
Coils
Contrast Media
Female
Humans
Image Enhancement - methods
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods
Image segmentation
Lesions
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Manuals
Muscles
Pattern Recognition, Automated - methods
Pixel
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
ISBN:1424441234, 9781424441235
ISSN:1094-687X, 1557-170X, 2375-7477
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Summary:Automatic segmentation of the breast and axillary region is an important preprocessing step for automatic lesion detection in breast MR and dynamic contrast-enhanced-MR studies. In this paper, we present a fully automatic procedure based on the detection of the upper border of the pectoral muscle. Compared with previous methods based on thresholding, this method is more robust to noise and field inhomogeneities. The method was quantitatively evaluated on 31 cases acquired from two centers by comparing the results with a manual segmentation. Results indicate good overall agreement within the reference segmentation (overlap=0.79±0.09, recall=0.95± 0.02, precision=0.82 ± 0.1).
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ISBN:1424441234
9781424441235
ISSN:1094-687X
1557-170X
2375-7477
DOI:10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627191