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International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
Erschienen in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 3/2017

09.01.2017 | Review Article

Breast ultrasound image segmentation: a survey

verfasst von: Qinghua Huang, Yaozhong Luo, Qiangzhi Zhang

Erschienen in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery | Ausgabe 3/2017

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Abstract

Purpose

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women worldwide. Ultrasound imaging is one of the most frequently used diagnostic tools to detect and classify abnormalities of the breast. Recently, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems using ultrasound images have been developed to help radiologists to increase diagnosis accuracy. However, accurate ultrasound image segmentation remains a challenging problem due to various ultrasound artifacts. In this paper, we investigate approaches developed for breast ultrasound (BUS) image segmentation.

Methods

In this paper, we reviewed the literature on the segmentation of BUS images according to the techniques adopted, especially over the past 10 years. By dividing into seven classes (i.e., thresholding-based, clustering-based, watershed-based, graph-based, active contour model, Markov random field and neural network), we have introduced corresponding techniques and representative papers accordingly.

Results

We have summarized and compared many techniques on BUS image segmentation and found that all these techniques have their own pros and cons. However, BUS image segmentation is still an open and challenging problem due to various ultrasound artifacts introduced in the process of imaging, including high speckle noise, low contrast, blurry boundaries, low signal-to-noise ratio and intensity inhomogeneity

Conclusions

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive review of the approaches developed for segmentation of BUS images. With most techniques involved, this paper will be useful and helpful for researchers working on segmentation of ultrasound images, and for BUS CAD system developers.
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Metadaten
Titel
Breast ultrasound image segmentation: a survey
verfasst von
Qinghua Huang
Yaozhong Luo
Qiangzhi Zhang
Publikationsdatum
09.01.2017
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery / Ausgabe 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1861-6410
Elektronische ISSN: 1861-6429
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-016-1513-1

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