<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this research, a new method for automatic detection and classification of suspected breast cancer lesions using ultrasound images is proposed. In this fully automated method, de-noising using fuzzy logic and correlation among ultrasound images taken from different angles is used. Feature selection using combination of sequential backward search, sequential forward search and distance-based methods is obtained. A new segmentation method based on automatic selection of seed points and region growing is proposed and classification of lesions into two malignant and benign classes using combination of AdaBoost, Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Support Vector Machine classifiers and majority voting is implemented.</p></abstract>

In this research, a new method for automatic detection and classification of suspected breast cancer lesions using ultrasound images is proposed. In this fully automated method, de-noising using fuzzy logic and correlation among ultrasound images taken from different angles is used. Feature selection using combination of sequential backward search, sequential forward search and distance-based methods is obtained. A new segmentation method based on automatic selection of seed points and region growing is proposed and classification of lesions into two malignant and benign classes using combination of AdaBoost, Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Support Vector Machine classifiers and majority voting is implemented.

A Novel Approach for Automatic Detection and Classification of Suspicious Lesions in Breast Ultrasound Images

Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada

Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Research

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In this research, a new method for automatic detection and classification of suspected breast cancer lesions using ultrasound images is proposed. In this fully...

A Novel Approach for Automatic Detection and Classification of Suspicious Lesions in Breast Ultrasound Images

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 265 - 276

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jaiscr-2014-0019

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