Breast Contour Detection with Stable Paths

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2008

Authors

Jaime S Cardoso (Author) FEUP; Ricardo Sousa (Author) Other; Luis F Teixeira (Author) REIT; Cardoso, MJ (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Pages: 439-452

International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies

Funchal, PORTUGAL, JAN 28-31, 2008

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 4 Citations

Scopus - 6 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Environmental biotechnology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-2P6

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92219-3_33

Abstract (EN): Breast cancer conservative treatment (BCCT), due to its proven oncological safety, is considered, when feasible, the gold standard of breast cancer treatment. However, aesthetic results are heterogeneous and difficult to evaluate in a standardized way, due to the lack of reproducibility of the subjective methods usually applied. The objective assessment methods, considered in the past as being less capable of evaluating all aspects of BCCT, are nowadays being preferred to overcome the drawbacks of the subjective evaluation. A computer-aided medical system was recently developed to objectively and automatically evaluate the aesthetic result of BCCT. In this system, the detection of the breast contour on the patient's digital photograph is a necessary step to extract the features subsequently used in the evaluation process. In this paper an algorithm based on the shortest path oil a graph is proposed to detect automatically the breast contour. The proposed method extends an existing semi-automatic algorithm for the same purpose. A comprehensive comparison with manually-drawn contours reveals the strength of the proposed method.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 14