1. 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

2. B REAST C ANCER Major Cause for Mortality of Women its cause?

3. S CREENING T EST Mammography: Breast X-Ray Imaging ultrasound imaging magnetic resonance imaging thermography

4. M AMMOGRAM F ILMS Two Mammographic Views

5. Second Opinion C OMPUTER- A IDED D IAGNOSIS (CAD)

6. D IGITIZED M AMMOGRAM Transparency Adapter Scanner Computer X-Ray Film

7. M ICROCALCIFICATIONS Presentation of Mineral Deposits as Specks

8. R ELATED W ORK Digital Mammograms Detection of Microcalcifications Classification of Microcalcifications Benign / Malignant

9. small size & vary shape low contrast to background ambiguity from noises PART I D ETECTION OF M ICROCALCIFICATIONS Calcification or Non-calcification?

10. M AMMOGRAPHIC A NALYSIS intensity position microcalcifications noises background

11. D ETECTED M ICROCALCIFICATIONS input imageoutput image

12. to be continued PART II C LASSIFICATION OF M ICROCALCIFICATIONS Benign or Malignant?