Automated detection of abnormal masses in ultrasound images
by S. Poonguzhali, G. Ravindran
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IJBET), Vol. 1, No. 3, 2008

Abstract: The main aim of this work is to develop an automatic algorithm to identify the boundaries of abnormal regions in the ultrasound images, which is unique challenge in medical image segmentation. The initial seed point and the threshold to control the region growing process are automatically selected from the image and the feature-based region-growing algorithm is adopted. This method has been tested on different types of masses such as cyst and liver tumours. The result shows that the proposed algorithm is efficient in segmenting the region of interest without manual intervention. This work may help the physicians and radiologist to find the boundary of the abnormal regions from the ultrasound images.

Online publication date: Fri, 01-Feb-2008

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