Removal of pectoral muscle based on topographic map and shape-shifting silhouette

Abstract Background In digital mammography, finding accurate breast profile segmentation of women’s mammogram is considered a challenging task. The existence of the pectoral muscle may mislead the diagnosis of cancer due to its high-level similarity to breast body. In addition, some other challenges...

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Main Authors: Bushra Mughal, Nazeer Muhammad, Muhammad Sharif, Amjad Rehman, Tanzila Saba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4638-5