D ETECTION AND C LASSIFICATION OF M ICROCALCIFICATIONS IN D IGITIZED M AMMOGRAMS FOR C OMPUTER- A IDED D IAGNOSIS OF B REAST C ANCER Werapon CHIRACHARIT Kosin CHAMNONGTHAI King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi Electrical and Computer Engineering
B REAST C ANCER Major Cause for Mortality of Women its cause?
S CREENING T EST Mammography: Breast X-Ray Imaging ultrasound imaging magnetic resonance imaging thermography
M AMMOGRAM F ILMS Two Mammographic Views
Second Opinion C OMPUTER- A IDED D IAGNOSIS (CAD)
D IGITIZED M AMMOGRAM Transparency Adapter Scanner Computer X-Ray Film
M ICROCALCIFICATIONS Presentation of Mineral Deposits as Specks
R ELATED W ORK Digital Mammograms Detection of Microcalcifications Classification of Microcalcifications Benign / Malignant
small size & vary shape low contrast to background ambiguity from noises PART I D ETECTION OF M ICROCALCIFICATIONS Calcification or Non-calcification?
M AMMOGRAPHIC A NALYSIS intensity position microcalcifications noises background
D ETECTED M ICROCALCIFICATIONS input imageoutput image
to be continued PART II C LASSIFICATION OF M ICROCALCIFICATIONS Benign or Malignant?