Title:Segmentation and Texture Analysis for Efficient Classification of Breast Tumors from Sonograms
VOLUME: 11 ISSUE: 2
Author(s):Ezhilarasu Palani, Krishnaraj Nagappan and Basim Alhadidi
Affiliation:Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641032, India.
Keywords:Breast cancer, mammography, ultrasound, Computer-Aided Detection (CAD), texture features, Minimum Spanning
Tree (MST), Fuzzy Local Binary Pattern (FLBP), Support Vector Machine (SVM).
Abstract:Background: Mammographies are a significant technology utilized in the
effective detection of breast cancers prior to them becoming palpable during selfexaminations.
The primary aim of the study was the determination of screening
precision of mammographies as well as ultrasounds in local populations.
Method: In the current study, Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) segmentations are
suggested for the selection of minute weights amongst all spanning trees. In the
suggested method, Fuzzy Local Binary Patterns (FLBPs) are images comprising
micro-patterns. LBPs are first-order circular derivatives of patterns which are created
through the concatenation of binary gradient directions. It includes fuzzy logic in
LBPs through sets of fuzzy rules. Support Vector Machines (SVMs) are utilized for
the classification of chosen attributes.
Results: Breast cancers in ultrasounds are utilized for the valuation of KNN, SVM-0.1, Naïve Bayes,
SVM-0.5 as well as SVM-0.3 approaches in terms of classification precision, sensitivities, specificities,
Positive Predictive Values (PPVs) as well as Negative Predictive Values (NPVs). The suggested that
SVM-0.3 showed the most optimal performance in all factors.
Conclusion: Breast imaging utilizing mammographies as well as sonographies among women who
display local or diffused breast pains are of considerable importance, for the assurance of patients as well
as clinicians. But if imaging discoveries are symptomatic of pathologies, biopsies ought not to be put off
for long.
