This document discusses using rough clustering algorithms for mammogram image segmentation. It proposes using Rough K-Means clustering on Haralick texture features extracted from mammogram images. The Rough K-Means algorithm is compared to traditional K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means using metrics like mean square error and root mean square error. Preliminary results found that Rough K-Means produced better segmentation results than the other methods. The document provides background on rough set theory, image segmentation, feature extraction, and different clustering algorithms that can be used.
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A comparative study of clustering and biclustering of microarray dataijcsit
There are subsets of genes that have similar behavior under subsets of conditions, so we say that they
coexpress, but behave independently under other subsets of conditions. Discovering such coexpressions can
be helpful to uncover genomic knowledge such as gene networks or gene interactions. That is why, it is of
utmost importance to make a simultaneous clustering of genes and conditions to identify clusters of genes
that are coexpressed under clusters of conditions. This type of clustering is called biclustering.
Biclustering is an NP-hard problem. Consequently, heuristic algorithms are typically used to approximate
this problem by finding suboptimal solutions. In this paper, we make a new survey on clustering and
biclustering of gene expression data, also called microarray data.
This document summarizes a research paper on using bilateral symmetry analysis to detect brain tumors from MRI images. It begins by introducing the problem of brain tumor detection and importance of asymmetry analysis. It then describes the proposed algorithm which involves defining a bilateral symmetry axis between the two brain hemispheres and detecting any regions of asymmetry that could indicate a tumor. The algorithm uses edge detection techniques to find the symmetry axis. Performance is evaluated on sample patient data and results show the method can successfully identify tumor locations and sizes. In conclusion, analyzing bilateral symmetry is an effective approach for automated brain tumor detection from MRI images.
This document summarizes a research paper on using a k-means clustering method to detect brain tumors in MRI images. The paper introduces brain tumors and MRI imaging. It then describes using k-means clustering for tumor segmentation, which groups similar image patterns into clusters to identify the tumor region. The paper presents results of applying k-means to two MRI images, including statistical measures of segmentation accuracy, tumor area comparison, and timing. The k-means method achieved average rand index of 0.8358, low average errors, and tumor areas close to manual segmentation in under 3 seconds, demonstrating potential for accurate and efficient brain tumor detection.
Survey on Brain MRI Segmentation TechniquesEditor IJMTER
Image segmentation is aimed at cutting out, a ROI (Region of Interest) from an image. For
medical images, segmentation is done for: studying the anatomical structure, identifying ROI ie tumor
or any other abnormalities, identifying the increase in tissue volume in a region, treatment planning.
Currently there are many different algorithms available for image segmentation. This paper lists and
compares some of them. Each has their own advantages and limitations.
Texture Segmentation Based on Multifractal Dimensionijsc
Texture segmentation can be considered the most important problem, since human can distinguish different
textures quit easily, but the automatic segmentation is quit complex and it is still an open problem for
research. In this paper focus on implement novel supervised algorithm for multitexture segmentation and
this algorithm based on blocking procedure where each image divide into block (16×16 pixels) and extract
vector feature for each block to classification these block based on these feature. These feature extract
using Box Counting Method (BCM). BCM generate single feature for each block and this feature not
enough to characterize each block ,therefore, must be implement algorithm provide more than one slide for
the image based on new method produce multithresolding, after this use BCM to generate single feature for
each slide.
This document summarizes a research paper that proposes an algorithm for detecting brain tumors in MRI images based on analyzing bilateral symmetry. The algorithm first performs preprocessing like smoothing and contrast enhancement. It then identifies the bilateral symmetry axis of the brain. Next, it segments the image into symmetric regions, enhancing asymmetric edges that may indicate a tumor. Experiments showed the algorithm can automatically detect tumor positions and boundaries. The algorithm leverages the fact that brain MRI of a healthy person is nearly bilaterally symmetric, while a tumor disrupts this symmetry.
Rough Set based Natural Image Segmentation under Game Theory Frameworkijsrd.com
The Since past few decades, image segmentation has been successfully applied to number of applications. When different image segmentation techniques are applied to an image, they produce different results especially if images are obtained under different conditions and have different attributes. Each technique works on a specific concept, such that it is important to decide as to which image segmentation technique should for a given application domain. On combining the strengths of individual segmentation techniques, the resulting integrated method yields better results thus enhancing the synergy of the individual methods alone. This work improves the segmentation technique of combining results of different methods using the concept of game theory. This is achieved through Nash equilibrium along with various similarity distance measures. Using game theory the problem is divided into modules which are considered as players. The number of modules depends on number of techniques to be integrated. The modules work in parallel and interactive manner. The effectiveness of the technique will be demonstrated by simulation results on different sets of test images.
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology.
A comparative study of clustering and biclustering of microarray dataijcsit
There are subsets of genes that have similar behavior under subsets of conditions, so we say that they
coexpress, but behave independently under other subsets of conditions. Discovering such coexpressions can
be helpful to uncover genomic knowledge such as gene networks or gene interactions. That is why, it is of
utmost importance to make a simultaneous clustering of genes and conditions to identify clusters of genes
that are coexpressed under clusters of conditions. This type of clustering is called biclustering.
Biclustering is an NP-hard problem. Consequently, heuristic algorithms are typically used to approximate
this problem by finding suboptimal solutions. In this paper, we make a new survey on clustering and
biclustering of gene expression data, also called microarray data.
This document summarizes a research paper on using bilateral symmetry analysis to detect brain tumors from MRI images. It begins by introducing the problem of brain tumor detection and importance of asymmetry analysis. It then describes the proposed algorithm which involves defining a bilateral symmetry axis between the two brain hemispheres and detecting any regions of asymmetry that could indicate a tumor. The algorithm uses edge detection techniques to find the symmetry axis. Performance is evaluated on sample patient data and results show the method can successfully identify tumor locations and sizes. In conclusion, analyzing bilateral symmetry is an effective approach for automated brain tumor detection from MRI images.
This document summarizes a research paper on using a k-means clustering method to detect brain tumors in MRI images. The paper introduces brain tumors and MRI imaging. It then describes using k-means clustering for tumor segmentation, which groups similar image patterns into clusters to identify the tumor region. The paper presents results of applying k-means to two MRI images, including statistical measures of segmentation accuracy, tumor area comparison, and timing. The k-means method achieved average rand index of 0.8358, low average errors, and tumor areas close to manual segmentation in under 3 seconds, demonstrating potential for accurate and efficient brain tumor detection.
Survey on Brain MRI Segmentation TechniquesEditor IJMTER
Image segmentation is aimed at cutting out, a ROI (Region of Interest) from an image. For
medical images, segmentation is done for: studying the anatomical structure, identifying ROI ie tumor
or any other abnormalities, identifying the increase in tissue volume in a region, treatment planning.
Currently there are many different algorithms available for image segmentation. This paper lists and
compares some of them. Each has their own advantages and limitations.
Texture Segmentation Based on Multifractal Dimensionijsc
Texture segmentation can be considered the most important problem, since human can distinguish different
textures quit easily, but the automatic segmentation is quit complex and it is still an open problem for
research. In this paper focus on implement novel supervised algorithm for multitexture segmentation and
this algorithm based on blocking procedure where each image divide into block (16×16 pixels) and extract
vector feature for each block to classification these block based on these feature. These feature extract
using Box Counting Method (BCM). BCM generate single feature for each block and this feature not
enough to characterize each block ,therefore, must be implement algorithm provide more than one slide for
the image based on new method produce multithresolding, after this use BCM to generate single feature for
each slide.
This document summarizes a research paper that proposes an algorithm for detecting brain tumors in MRI images based on analyzing bilateral symmetry. The algorithm first performs preprocessing like smoothing and contrast enhancement. It then identifies the bilateral symmetry axis of the brain. Next, it segments the image into symmetric regions, enhancing asymmetric edges that may indicate a tumor. Experiments showed the algorithm can automatically detect tumor positions and boundaries. The algorithm leverages the fact that brain MRI of a healthy person is nearly bilaterally symmetric, while a tumor disrupts this symmetry.
Rough Set based Natural Image Segmentation under Game Theory Frameworkijsrd.com
The Since past few decades, image segmentation has been successfully applied to number of applications. When different image segmentation techniques are applied to an image, they produce different results especially if images are obtained under different conditions and have different attributes. Each technique works on a specific concept, such that it is important to decide as to which image segmentation technique should for a given application domain. On combining the strengths of individual segmentation techniques, the resulting integrated method yields better results thus enhancing the synergy of the individual methods alone. This work improves the segmentation technique of combining results of different methods using the concept of game theory. This is achieved through Nash equilibrium along with various similarity distance measures. Using game theory the problem is divided into modules which are considered as players. The number of modules depends on number of techniques to be integrated. The modules work in parallel and interactive manner. The effectiveness of the technique will be demonstrated by simulation results on different sets of test images.
Performance Evaluation of Basic Segmented Algorithms for Brain Tumor DetectionIOSR Journals
In the field of computers segmentation of image plays a very important role. By this method the required
portion of object is traced from the image. In medical image segmentation, clustering is very famous
method . By clustering, an image is divided into a number of various groups or can also be called as clusters.
There are various methods of clustering and thresholding which have been proposed in this paper such as otsu
, region growing , K Means , fuzzy c means and Hierarchical self organizing mapping algorithm. Fuzzy c-means
(FCM) is a method of clustering which allows one piece of data to belong to two or more clusters. This method
(developed by Dunn in 1973 and improved by Bezdek in 1981) is frequently used in pattern recognition. As
process of fuzzy c mean is too slow, this drawback is then removed. In this paper by experimental analysis and
performance parameters the segmentation of hierarchical self organizing mapping method is done in a better
way as compared to other algorithms. The various parameters used for the evaluation of the performance are as follows: segmentation accuracy (Sa) , area (A), rand index (Ri),and global consistency error (Gce)
This document summarizes various image segmentation methods that can be used for diagnosing dermatitis diseases. It discusses thresholding methods like global thresholding, Otsu's method, and Bayesian thresholding. It also covers region-based methods such as region growing, seeded region growing, and GMM-based segmentation. Additionally, it reviews shape-based/model-based approaches like deformable surfaces, level sets, and edge detection methods. The document provides an overview of the key concepts and applications of these segmentation techniques for skin disease diagnosis.
Fuzzy k c-means clustering algorithm for medical imageAlexander Decker
This document summarizes and compares several algorithms used for medical image segmentation, including thresholding, classifiers, Markov random field models, artificial neural networks, atlas-guided approaches, deformable models, and clustering analysis methods like k-means and fuzzy c-means. It provides details on the fuzzy c-means and k-means clustering algorithms, including their process and flowcharts. A new fuzzy k-c-means algorithm is proposed that combines fuzzy c-means and k-means clustering to improve segmentation time. The algorithms are tested on MRI brain images and their results are analyzed and compared based on time, iterations, and accuracy.
Hybrid Technique Based on N-GRAM and Neural Networks for Classification of Ma...csandit
This document summarizes an experiment that used n-gram features extracted from mammographic images and classified the images using a neural network. Regions of interest from mammograms in the miniMIAS database were represented using n-gram models by treating pixel intensities like words. Three-gram and four-gram features were extracted and normalized. The features were input to an artificial neural network classifier to classify regions as normal or abnormal. Experiments varying n, grey levels, and background tissue showed the highest accuracy of 83.33% for classifying fatty background tissue using three-gram features reduced to 8 grey levels.
Color Image Segmentation Technique Using “Natural Grouping” of PixelsCSCJournals
This paper focuses on the problem Image Segmentation which aims at sub dividing a given image into its constituent objects. Here an unsupervised method for color image segmentation is proposed where we first perform a Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) based “natural grouping” of the image pixels to find out the clusters of the pixels having RGB values within a certain range present in the image. Then the pixels nearest to the centers of those clusters are found out and marked as the seeds. They are then used for region growing based image segmentation purpose. After that a region merging based segmentation method having a suitable threshold is performed to eliminate the effect of over segmentation that may still persist after the region growing method. This proposed method is unsupervised as it does not require any prior information about the number of regions present in a given image. The experimental results show that the proposed method can find homogeneous regions present in a given image efficiently.
The document provides a literature review of different clustering techniques. It begins by defining clustering and its applications. It then categorizes and describes several clustering methods including hierarchical (BIRCH, CURE, CHAMELEON), partitioning (k-means, k-medoids), density-based (DBSCAN, OPTICS, DENCLUE), grid-based (CLIQUE, STING, MAFIA), and model-based (RBMN, SOM) methods. For each method, it discusses the algorithm, advantages, disadvantages and time complexity. The document aims to provide an overview of various clustering techniques for classification and comparison.
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This document summarizes four techniques used to extract brain tumor regions from MRI images: 1) Gray level stretching and Sobel edge detection, 2) K-Means clustering based on location and intensity, 3) Fuzzy C-Means clustering, and 4) an adapted K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means technique. The techniques were able to successfully detect and extract brain tumors, which helps doctors identify tumor size and location. Clustering algorithms like K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means were used to segment MRI images into clusters representing different tissue types to identify tumor regions.
Tracking of Fluorescent Cells Based on the Wavelet Otsu Modelrahulmonikasharma
The mainstay of the project is to demonstrate that the proposed tracking scheme is more accurate and significantly faster than the other state-of-the-art tracking by model evolution approaches.The model is validated by comparing it to the original algorithm.The proposed tracking scheme involves two steps. First, coherence-enhancing diffusion filtering is applied on each frame to reduce the amount of noise and enhance flow-like structures. Second, the image segmentation is done by the Wavelet OTSU method in the fast level set-like and graph cut frameworks. This model evolution approach has also been extended to deal with many cells concurrently. The potential of the proposed tracking scheme and the advantages and disadvantages of both frameworks are demonstrated on 2-D and 3-D time-lapse series of mouse carcinoma cells.
JPM1410 Images as Occlusions of Textures: A Framework for Segmentationchennaijp
This document proposes a new mathematical and algorithmic framework for unsupervised image segmentation. It models images as occlusions of random textures, called textures, and shows that local histograms can segment such images. The framework draws on nonnegative matrix factorization and image deconvolution. Results on synthetic and real histology images show promise. Existing segmentation methods make assumptions that often fail on complex tissues, while proposed framework proves local histograms of texture-occluded images combine the textures' value distributions, allowing segmentation.
This document presents a new approach for segmenting skin lesions in dermoscopic images using a fixed-grid wavelet network (FGWN). The FGWN takes R, G, and B color values as inputs and determines the network structure without training. The image is then segmented and the exact lesion boundary is extracted. Experimental results on 30 images showed the FGWN approach achieved better segmentation accuracy than other methods according to 11 evaluation metrics, extracting lesion boundaries more precisely. In conclusion, the FGWN provides an effective tool for automated skin lesion segmentation in dermoscopy images.
This document provides background information on support vector machines (SVMs), a supervised machine learning technique used for classification. SVMs work by finding a hyperplane that maximizes the margin between classes of data points. Individual MR images are treated as high-dimensional data points located in a high-dimensional space based on voxel intensities. A linear kernel matrix is created from normalized FA images to quantify similarity between subjects. Leave-one-out cross-validation is used to assess how well the SVM can generalize to new data.
Hybrid Approach for Brain Tumour Detection in Image Segmentationijtsrd
In this paper we have considered illustrating a few techniques. But the numbers of techniques are so large they cannot be all addressed. Image segmentation forms the basics of pattern recognition and scene analysis problems. The segmentation techniques are numerous in number but the choice of one technique over the other depends only on the application or requirements of the problem that is being considered. Analysis of cluster is a descriptive assignment that perceive homogenous group of objects and it is also one of the fundamental analytical method in facts mining. The main idea of this is to present facts about brain tumour detection system and various data mining methods used in this system. This is focuses on scalable data systems, which include a set of tools and mechanisms to load, extract, and improve disparate data power to perform complex transformations and analysis will be measured between the way of measuring the Furrier and Wavelet Transform distance. Sandeep | Jyoti Kataria "Hybrid Approach for Brain Tumour Detection in Image Segmentation" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-6 , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33409.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/other/33409/hybrid-approach-for-brain-tumour-detection-in-image-segmentation/sandeep
A Review on Image Segmentation using Clustering and Swarm Optimization Techni...IJSRD
The process of dividing an image into multiple regions (set of pixels) is known as Image segmentation. It will make an image easy and smooth to evaluate. Image segmentation objective is to generate image more simple and meaningful. In this paper present a survey on image segmentation general segmentation techniques, clustering algorithms and optimization methods. Also a study of different research also been presented. The latest research in each of image segmentation methods is presented in this study. This paper presents the recent research in biologically inspired swarm optimization techniques, including ant colony optimization algorithm, particle swarm optimization algorithm, artificial bee colony algorithm and their hybridizations, which are applied in several fields.
HIGH RESOLUTION MRI BRAIN IMAGE SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUE USING HOLDER EXPONENTijsc
Image segmentation is a technique to locate certain objects or boundaries within an image. Image
segmentation plays a crucial role in many medical imaging applications. There are many algorithms and
techniques have been developed to solve image segmentation problems. Spectral pattern is not sufficient in
high resolution image for image segmentation due to variability of spectral and structural information.
Thus the spatial pattern or texture techniques are used. Thus the concept of Holder Exponent for
segmentation of high resolution medical image is an efficient image segmentation technique. The proposed
method is implemented in Matlab and verified using various kinds of high resolution medical images. The
experimental results shows that the proposed image segmentation system is efficient than the existing
segmentation systems.
Multimodal authentication is one of the prime concepts in current applications of real scenario. Various
approaches have been proposed in this aspect. In this paper, an intuitive strategy is proposed as a
framework for providing more secure key in biometric security aspect. Initially the features will be
extracted through PCA by SVD from the chosen biometric patterns, then using LU factorization technique
key components will be extracted, then selected with different key sizes and then combined the selected key
components using convolution kernel method (Exponential Kronecker Product - eKP) as Context-Sensitive
Exponent Associative Memory model (CSEAM). In the similar way, the verification process will be done
and then verified with the measure MSE. This model would give better outcome when compared with SVD
factorization[1] as feature selection. The process will be computed for different key sizes and the results
will be presented.
A Survey on: Hyper Spectral Image Segmentation and Classification Using FODPSOrahulmonikasharma
The Spatial analysis of image sensed and captured from a satellite provides less accurate information about a remote location. Hence analyzing spectral becomes essential. Hyper spectral images are one of the remotely sensed images, they are superior to multispectral images in providing spectral information. Detection of target is one of the significant requirements in many are assuc has military, agriculture etc. This paper gives the analysis of hyper spectral image segmentation using fuzzy C-Mean (FCM)clustering technique with FODPSO classifier algorithm. The 2D adaptive log filter is proposed to denoise the sensed and captured hyper spectral image in order to remove the speckle noise.
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A brief review of segmentation methods for medical imageseSAT Journals
Abstract For medical diagnosis and laboratory study applications we cannot directly use image that are acquired and detect the disorder because it is not efficient and unrealistic. These images need processing and extracting portions from them that can be used for further study or diagnosis. The main goal of this paper is to give overview about segmentation methods that are used for medical images for detecting the edges and based on this detection the disease prediction and diagnosis is done. There are a lot of tools available for this purpose such as STAPLE and FreeSurfer whole brain segmentation tool etc. Some of these methods are semi-automatic i.e. they require human intervention for their completion and some of them are automatic. The methods are totally divided into four types namely, edge based segmentation, region based segmentation, data clustering and matching. The aim of segmenting medical images is that to detect the ROI and diagnose for a disease based on the detected part. Segmentation is partitioning a image into meaningful regions based upon a specific application. Generally segmentation can be based on the measurements like gray level, color, texture, motion, depth or intensity. Segmentation is necessary in two situations, namely, set-off segmentation i.e. when the object to be segmented is interesting in itself and can be used separately for further studies, and secondly concealing segmentation i.e. suppose there are some noise or vision blockers in the image, so this segmentation aims at deleting the disturbing elements in an image. This paper focuses only on the working of different methods that are used for segmentation whether they segment well or poor. Index Terms: Image Registration, Image Segmentation, Reinforcement Learning,
The document discusses detection and estimation problems in hyperspectral imaging using the Spherically Invariant Random Vector (SIRV) modelling approach. It outlines the development of the SIRV model for characterizing hyperspectral background data and describes how SIRV detectors like the Adaptive Coherence Estimator (ACE) and Adaptive Normalized Matched Filter (ANMF) can be derived. Experimental results on anomaly detection and target detection using these SIRV-based detectors are also mentioned.
Microscopic Digital Image Segmentation And feature Extraction of Acute LeukemiaEditor IJCATR
This document describes a study that used digital image processing techniques to analyze microscopic images of blood samples and identify differences between acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and normal white blood cells. The study involved preprocessing 50 images of cancerous blood and 50 normal blood images, segmenting the cell nuclei using k-means clustering, and extracting features related to shape, texture, color, and fractal dimension. Segmentation and feature extraction were then used to distinguish cancerous from normal nuclei. The techniques achieved segmentation of nuclei and extraction of quantitative features to help identify ALL.
Performance Evaluation of Basic Segmented Algorithms for Brain Tumor DetectionIOSR Journals
In the field of computers segmentation of image plays a very important role. By this method the required
portion of object is traced from the image. In medical image segmentation, clustering is very famous
method . By clustering, an image is divided into a number of various groups or can also be called as clusters.
There are various methods of clustering and thresholding which have been proposed in this paper such as otsu
, region growing , K Means , fuzzy c means and Hierarchical self organizing mapping algorithm. Fuzzy c-means
(FCM) is a method of clustering which allows one piece of data to belong to two or more clusters. This method
(developed by Dunn in 1973 and improved by Bezdek in 1981) is frequently used in pattern recognition. As
process of fuzzy c mean is too slow, this drawback is then removed. In this paper by experimental analysis and
performance parameters the segmentation of hierarchical self organizing mapping method is done in a better
way as compared to other algorithms. The various parameters used for the evaluation of the performance are as follows: segmentation accuracy (Sa) , area (A), rand index (Ri),and global consistency error (Gce)
This document summarizes various image segmentation methods that can be used for diagnosing dermatitis diseases. It discusses thresholding methods like global thresholding, Otsu's method, and Bayesian thresholding. It also covers region-based methods such as region growing, seeded region growing, and GMM-based segmentation. Additionally, it reviews shape-based/model-based approaches like deformable surfaces, level sets, and edge detection methods. The document provides an overview of the key concepts and applications of these segmentation techniques for skin disease diagnosis.
Fuzzy k c-means clustering algorithm for medical imageAlexander Decker
This document summarizes and compares several algorithms used for medical image segmentation, including thresholding, classifiers, Markov random field models, artificial neural networks, atlas-guided approaches, deformable models, and clustering analysis methods like k-means and fuzzy c-means. It provides details on the fuzzy c-means and k-means clustering algorithms, including their process and flowcharts. A new fuzzy k-c-means algorithm is proposed that combines fuzzy c-means and k-means clustering to improve segmentation time. The algorithms are tested on MRI brain images and their results are analyzed and compared based on time, iterations, and accuracy.
Hybrid Technique Based on N-GRAM and Neural Networks for Classification of Ma...csandit
This document summarizes an experiment that used n-gram features extracted from mammographic images and classified the images using a neural network. Regions of interest from mammograms in the miniMIAS database were represented using n-gram models by treating pixel intensities like words. Three-gram and four-gram features were extracted and normalized. The features were input to an artificial neural network classifier to classify regions as normal or abnormal. Experiments varying n, grey levels, and background tissue showed the highest accuracy of 83.33% for classifying fatty background tissue using three-gram features reduced to 8 grey levels.
Color Image Segmentation Technique Using “Natural Grouping” of PixelsCSCJournals
This paper focuses on the problem Image Segmentation which aims at sub dividing a given image into its constituent objects. Here an unsupervised method for color image segmentation is proposed where we first perform a Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) based “natural grouping” of the image pixels to find out the clusters of the pixels having RGB values within a certain range present in the image. Then the pixels nearest to the centers of those clusters are found out and marked as the seeds. They are then used for region growing based image segmentation purpose. After that a region merging based segmentation method having a suitable threshold is performed to eliminate the effect of over segmentation that may still persist after the region growing method. This proposed method is unsupervised as it does not require any prior information about the number of regions present in a given image. The experimental results show that the proposed method can find homogeneous regions present in a given image efficiently.
The document provides a literature review of different clustering techniques. It begins by defining clustering and its applications. It then categorizes and describes several clustering methods including hierarchical (BIRCH, CURE, CHAMELEON), partitioning (k-means, k-medoids), density-based (DBSCAN, OPTICS, DENCLUE), grid-based (CLIQUE, STING, MAFIA), and model-based (RBMN, SOM) methods. For each method, it discusses the algorithm, advantages, disadvantages and time complexity. The document aims to provide an overview of various clustering techniques for classification and comparison.
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This document summarizes four techniques used to extract brain tumor regions from MRI images: 1) Gray level stretching and Sobel edge detection, 2) K-Means clustering based on location and intensity, 3) Fuzzy C-Means clustering, and 4) an adapted K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means technique. The techniques were able to successfully detect and extract brain tumors, which helps doctors identify tumor size and location. Clustering algorithms like K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means were used to segment MRI images into clusters representing different tissue types to identify tumor regions.
Tracking of Fluorescent Cells Based on the Wavelet Otsu Modelrahulmonikasharma
The mainstay of the project is to demonstrate that the proposed tracking scheme is more accurate and significantly faster than the other state-of-the-art tracking by model evolution approaches.The model is validated by comparing it to the original algorithm.The proposed tracking scheme involves two steps. First, coherence-enhancing diffusion filtering is applied on each frame to reduce the amount of noise and enhance flow-like structures. Second, the image segmentation is done by the Wavelet OTSU method in the fast level set-like and graph cut frameworks. This model evolution approach has also been extended to deal with many cells concurrently. The potential of the proposed tracking scheme and the advantages and disadvantages of both frameworks are demonstrated on 2-D and 3-D time-lapse series of mouse carcinoma cells.
JPM1410 Images as Occlusions of Textures: A Framework for Segmentationchennaijp
This document proposes a new mathematical and algorithmic framework for unsupervised image segmentation. It models images as occlusions of random textures, called textures, and shows that local histograms can segment such images. The framework draws on nonnegative matrix factorization and image deconvolution. Results on synthetic and real histology images show promise. Existing segmentation methods make assumptions that often fail on complex tissues, while proposed framework proves local histograms of texture-occluded images combine the textures' value distributions, allowing segmentation.
This document presents a new approach for segmenting skin lesions in dermoscopic images using a fixed-grid wavelet network (FGWN). The FGWN takes R, G, and B color values as inputs and determines the network structure without training. The image is then segmented and the exact lesion boundary is extracted. Experimental results on 30 images showed the FGWN approach achieved better segmentation accuracy than other methods according to 11 evaluation metrics, extracting lesion boundaries more precisely. In conclusion, the FGWN provides an effective tool for automated skin lesion segmentation in dermoscopy images.
This document provides background information on support vector machines (SVMs), a supervised machine learning technique used for classification. SVMs work by finding a hyperplane that maximizes the margin between classes of data points. Individual MR images are treated as high-dimensional data points located in a high-dimensional space based on voxel intensities. A linear kernel matrix is created from normalized FA images to quantify similarity between subjects. Leave-one-out cross-validation is used to assess how well the SVM can generalize to new data.
Hybrid Approach for Brain Tumour Detection in Image Segmentationijtsrd
In this paper we have considered illustrating a few techniques. But the numbers of techniques are so large they cannot be all addressed. Image segmentation forms the basics of pattern recognition and scene analysis problems. The segmentation techniques are numerous in number but the choice of one technique over the other depends only on the application or requirements of the problem that is being considered. Analysis of cluster is a descriptive assignment that perceive homogenous group of objects and it is also one of the fundamental analytical method in facts mining. The main idea of this is to present facts about brain tumour detection system and various data mining methods used in this system. This is focuses on scalable data systems, which include a set of tools and mechanisms to load, extract, and improve disparate data power to perform complex transformations and analysis will be measured between the way of measuring the Furrier and Wavelet Transform distance. Sandeep | Jyoti Kataria "Hybrid Approach for Brain Tumour Detection in Image Segmentation" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-6 , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33409.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/other/33409/hybrid-approach-for-brain-tumour-detection-in-image-segmentation/sandeep
A Review on Image Segmentation using Clustering and Swarm Optimization Techni...IJSRD
The process of dividing an image into multiple regions (set of pixels) is known as Image segmentation. It will make an image easy and smooth to evaluate. Image segmentation objective is to generate image more simple and meaningful. In this paper present a survey on image segmentation general segmentation techniques, clustering algorithms and optimization methods. Also a study of different research also been presented. The latest research in each of image segmentation methods is presented in this study. This paper presents the recent research in biologically inspired swarm optimization techniques, including ant colony optimization algorithm, particle swarm optimization algorithm, artificial bee colony algorithm and their hybridizations, which are applied in several fields.
HIGH RESOLUTION MRI BRAIN IMAGE SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUE USING HOLDER EXPONENTijsc
Image segmentation is a technique to locate certain objects or boundaries within an image. Image
segmentation plays a crucial role in many medical imaging applications. There are many algorithms and
techniques have been developed to solve image segmentation problems. Spectral pattern is not sufficient in
high resolution image for image segmentation due to variability of spectral and structural information.
Thus the spatial pattern or texture techniques are used. Thus the concept of Holder Exponent for
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method is implemented in Matlab and verified using various kinds of high resolution medical images. The
experimental results shows that the proposed image segmentation system is efficient than the existing
segmentation systems.
Multimodal authentication is one of the prime concepts in current applications of real scenario. Various
approaches have been proposed in this aspect. In this paper, an intuitive strategy is proposed as a
framework for providing more secure key in biometric security aspect. Initially the features will be
extracted through PCA by SVD from the chosen biometric patterns, then using LU factorization technique
key components will be extracted, then selected with different key sizes and then combined the selected key
components using convolution kernel method (Exponential Kronecker Product - eKP) as Context-Sensitive
Exponent Associative Memory model (CSEAM). In the similar way, the verification process will be done
and then verified with the measure MSE. This model would give better outcome when compared with SVD
factorization[1] as feature selection. The process will be computed for different key sizes and the results
will be presented.
A Survey on: Hyper Spectral Image Segmentation and Classification Using FODPSOrahulmonikasharma
The Spatial analysis of image sensed and captured from a satellite provides less accurate information about a remote location. Hence analyzing spectral becomes essential. Hyper spectral images are one of the remotely sensed images, they are superior to multispectral images in providing spectral information. Detection of target is one of the significant requirements in many are assuc has military, agriculture etc. This paper gives the analysis of hyper spectral image segmentation using fuzzy C-Mean (FCM)clustering technique with FODPSO classifier algorithm. The 2D adaptive log filter is proposed to denoise the sensed and captured hyper spectral image in order to remove the speckle noise.
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A brief review of segmentation methods for medical imageseSAT Journals
Abstract For medical diagnosis and laboratory study applications we cannot directly use image that are acquired and detect the disorder because it is not efficient and unrealistic. These images need processing and extracting portions from them that can be used for further study or diagnosis. The main goal of this paper is to give overview about segmentation methods that are used for medical images for detecting the edges and based on this detection the disease prediction and diagnosis is done. There are a lot of tools available for this purpose such as STAPLE and FreeSurfer whole brain segmentation tool etc. Some of these methods are semi-automatic i.e. they require human intervention for their completion and some of them are automatic. The methods are totally divided into four types namely, edge based segmentation, region based segmentation, data clustering and matching. The aim of segmenting medical images is that to detect the ROI and diagnose for a disease based on the detected part. Segmentation is partitioning a image into meaningful regions based upon a specific application. Generally segmentation can be based on the measurements like gray level, color, texture, motion, depth or intensity. Segmentation is necessary in two situations, namely, set-off segmentation i.e. when the object to be segmented is interesting in itself and can be used separately for further studies, and secondly concealing segmentation i.e. suppose there are some noise or vision blockers in the image, so this segmentation aims at deleting the disturbing elements in an image. This paper focuses only on the working of different methods that are used for segmentation whether they segment well or poor. Index Terms: Image Registration, Image Segmentation, Reinforcement Learning,
The document discusses detection and estimation problems in hyperspectral imaging using the Spherically Invariant Random Vector (SIRV) modelling approach. It outlines the development of the SIRV model for characterizing hyperspectral background data and describes how SIRV detectors like the Adaptive Coherence Estimator (ACE) and Adaptive Normalized Matched Filter (ANMF) can be derived. Experimental results on anomaly detection and target detection using these SIRV-based detectors are also mentioned.
Microscopic Digital Image Segmentation And feature Extraction of Acute LeukemiaEditor IJCATR
This document describes a study that used digital image processing techniques to analyze microscopic images of blood samples and identify differences between acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and normal white blood cells. The study involved preprocessing 50 images of cancerous blood and 50 normal blood images, segmenting the cell nuclei using k-means clustering, and extracting features related to shape, texture, color, and fractal dimension. Segmentation and feature extraction were then used to distinguish cancerous from normal nuclei. The techniques achieved segmentation of nuclei and extraction of quantitative features to help identify ALL.
CANCER CELL DETECTION USING DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSINGkajikho9
The document describes a lung cancer detection system using digital image processing. It discusses preprocessing techniques like Gabor filtering and FFT that are applied to enhance images. Segmentation methods like thresholding and marker-controlled watershed are used to segment lung regions. Features are extracted using binarization and masking approaches to detect cancer presence. The system analyzes images and indicates whether cases are normal or abnormal by detecting white masses inside lung regions, helping diagnose lung cancer at early stages.
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow where cancerous cells fill the bone marrow and prevent healthy blood cells from being made. There are four main types of leukemia - acute and chronic forms of both myeloid and lymphocytic leukemia. Symptoms can include easy bruising, night sweats, excessive bleeding, fatigue, nausea and swollen belly. Leukemia is diagnosed through blood tests, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. Treatments include chemotherapy, radiation, stem cell transplants, and biological therapies.
1. The document discusses different types of lymphoid and myeloid neoplasms, including acute and chronic forms of leukemia.
2. It provides details on acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), the most common acute leukemia in children. ALL is characterized by a monoclonal proliferation of immature white blood cells.
3. The document also covers chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the most common form of leukemia in adults. CLL involves a mature B-cell malignancy that typically follows an indolent clinical course.
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood that affects both males and females of all ages. While the exact causes are unknown, radiation, viruses, and chemicals may play a role. Symptoms include fever, body aches, fatigue and weakness. Leukemia cannot be transmitted but some may have a genetic predisposition. It is detected through blood tests, biopsies and other medical exams. Leukemia can be either acute or chronic and affects the blood and bone marrow, replacing healthy blood cells and leaving the body vulnerable to infection. While there is no prevention, treatment may involve chemotherapy, radiation or stem cell transplants, and some types are curable though others can be terminal.
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The document summarizes a proposed algorithm for classifying MR medical images using Rough-Fuzzy K-Means (FRKM). It begins with an introduction to the challenges of medical image classification and a literature review of previous techniques. It then provides background on rough set theory, fuzzy set theory, and K-means clustering. The proposed FRKM algorithm is described as using rough set theory for feature selection and dimensionality reduction, followed by a K-means clustering with probabilities assigned based on rough set approximations to classify ambiguous areas. Experimental results show the FRKM approach achieves 94.4% accuracy, higher than other techniques.
Performance Evaluation of Basic Segmented Algorithms for Brain Tumor DetectionIOSR Journals
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Image processing is an important research area in computer vision. clustering is an unsupervised
study. clustering can also be used for image segmentation. there exist so many methods for image
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and the most important tasks in image analysis and computer vision. this proposed system
presents a variation of fuzzy c-means algorithm that provides image clustering. the kernel fuzzy
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algorithm(fcm).the kfcm algorithm that provides image clustering and improves accuracy
significantly compared with classical fuzzy c-means algorithm. the new algorithm is called
gaussian kernel based fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm (gkfcm)the major characteristic of
gkfcm is the use of a fuzzy clustering approach ,aiming to guarantee noise insensitiveness and
image detail preservation.. the objective of the work is to cluster the low intensity in homogeneity
area from the noisy images, using the clustering method, segmenting that portion separately using
content level set approach. the purpose of designing this system is to produce better segmentation
results for images corrupted by noise, so that it can be useful in various fields like medical image
analysis, such as tumor detection, study of anatomical structure, and treatment planning.
GAUSSIAN KERNEL BASED FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHM FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATIONcscpconf
Image processing is an important research area in computer vision. clustering is an unsupervised study. clustering can also be used for image segmentation. there exist so many methods for image segmentation. image segmentation plays an important role in image analysis.it is one of the first and the most important tasks in image analysis and computer vision. this proposed system presents a variation of fuzzy c-means algorithm that provides image clustering. the kernel fuzzy
c-means clustering algorithm (kfcm) is derived from the fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm(fcm).the kfcm algorithm that provides image clustering and improves accuracy significantly compared with classical fuzzy c-means algorithm. the new algorithm is called gaussian kernel based fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm (gkfcm)the major characteristic of gkfcm is the use of a fuzzy clustering approach ,aiming to guarantee noise insensitiveness and image detail preservation.. the objective of the work is to cluster the low intensity in homogeneity area from the noisy images, using the clustering method, segmenting that portion separately using content level set approach. the purpose of designing this system is to produce better segmentation results for images corrupted by noise, so that it can be useful in various fields like medical image analysis, such as tumor detection, study of anatomical structure, and treatment planning.
GAUSSIAN KERNEL BASED FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHM FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATIONcsandit
Image processing is an important research area in computer vision. clustering is an unsupervised
study. clustering can also be used for image segmentation. there exist so many methods for image
segmentation. image segmentation plays an important role in image analysis.it is one of the first
and the most important tasks in image analysis and computer vision. this proposed system
presents a variation of fuzzy c-means algorithm that provides image clustering. the kernel fuzzy
c-means clustering algorithm (kfcm) is derived from the fuzzy c-means clustering
algorithm(fcm).the kfcm algorithm that provides image clustering and improves accuracy
significantly compared with classical fuzzy c-means algorithm. the new algorithm is called
gaussian kernel based fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm (gkfcm)the major characteristic of
gkfcm is the use of a fuzzy clustering approach ,aiming to guarantee noise insensitiveness and
image detail preservation.. the objective of the work is to cluster the low intensity in homogeneity
area from the noisy images, using the clustering method, segmenting that portion separately using
content level set approach. the purpose of designing this system is to produce better segmentation
results for images corrupted by noise, so that it can be useful in various fields like medical image
analysis, such as tumor detection, study of anatomical structure, and treatment planning.
The document presents a study that implemented segmentation and classification techniques for mammogram images to detect breast cancer malignancy. It used Gray Level Difference Method (GLDM) and Gabor texture feature extraction methods with Support Vector Machine (SVM) and K-Nearest Neighbors (K-NN) classifiers. The results showed that GLDM features with SVM achieved the best classification accuracy of 95.83%, outperforming the other combinations. The study concluded the GLDM and SVM approach provided the most effective classification of mammogram images.
Illustration of Medical Image Segmentation based on Clustering Algorithmsrahulmonikasharma
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Literature Survey On Clustering TechniquesIOSR Journals
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1. This document discusses various image segmentation techniques that can be used to segment diseased regions of plant leaves for disease identification.
2. Common segmentation techniques discussed include K-means clustering, Fuzzy C-means clustering, Penalized Fuzzy C-means, and unsupervised segmentation.
3. After segmentation, texture and color features are extracted from the diseased regions to identify the plant disease using classification methods. The choice of segmentation technique depends on factors like noise levels and boundary definitions in the image.
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF CLUSTERING BASED IMAGE SEGMENTATION AND OPTIMIZATION ...cscpconf
Partitioning of an image into several constituent components is called image segmentation.
Myriad algorithms using different methods have been proposed for image segmentation. Many
clustering algorithms and optimization techniques are also being used for segmentation of
images. A major challenge in segmentation evaluation comes from the fundamental conflict
between generality and objectivity. As there is a glut of image segmentation techniques
available today, customer who is the real user of these techniques may get obfuscated. In this
paper to address the above described problem some image segmentation techniques are evaluated based on their consistency in different applications. Based on the parameters used quantification of different clustering algorithms is done.
Medical Image segmentation using Image Mining conceptsEditor IJMTER
Image differencing is usually done by subtracting the low-level skin texture like strength
in images that are already associated. This paper extracts high-level skin texture in order to find out
an efficient image differencing method for the analysis of Brain Tumor. On the other hand, this
produces sets of skin texture that are both spatial. We demonstrate a technique that avoids arbitrary
spatial constraints and is robust in the presence of sound, outliers, and imaging artifact, while
outperforming even profitable products in the analysis of Brain Tumor images. First, the landmark
are establish, and then the top entrant are sorted into a end set. Second, the top sets of the two
descriptions are then differenced through a cluster judgment. The symmetry of the human body is
utilized to increase the accuracy of the finding. We imitate this technique in an effort to understand
and ultimately capture the judgment of the radiologist. The image differencing with clustered
contrast process determines the being there of Brain Tumor. Using the most favorable features
extracted from normal and tumor regions of MRI by using arithmetical features, classifiers are used
to categorize and segment the tumor portion in irregular images. Both the difficult and preparation
phase gives the proportion of accuracy on each parameter in neural networks, which gives the idea to
decide the best one to be used in supplementary works. The results showed outperformance of
algorithm when compared with classification accuracy which works as shows potential tool for
classification and requires extension in brain tumor analysis.
Comparative performance analysis of segmentation techniquesIAEME Publication
This document compares the performance of several image segmentation techniques: global thresholding, adaptive thresholding, region growing, and level set segmentation. It applies these techniques to medical and synthetic images corrupted with noise and evaluates the segmentation results using binary classification metrics like sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and precision. The results show that level set segmentation best preserves object boundaries, adaptive thresholding captures most image details, and global thresholding has the highest success rate at extracting regions of interest. Overall, the study aims to determine the optimal segmentation method for medical images from CT scans.
Performance Analysis of SVM Classifier for Classification of MRI ImageIRJET Journal
This document discusses using support vector machines (SVM) to classify MRI brain images as normal, benign tumor, or malignant tumor. Key steps include preprocessing images using median and Gaussian filters, extracting features using gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) analysis, and training and testing an SVM classifier on the extracted features to classify new MRI images. The methodology first segments regions of interest in the images using k-means clustering, then extracts GLCM texture features from those regions to train and test the SVM for tumor classification.
Segmentation of unhealthy region of plant leaf using image processing techniqueseSAT Journals
Abstract A segmentation technique is used to segment the diseased portion of a leaf. Based on the segmented area texture and color feature, disease can be identified by classification technique. There are many segmentation techniques such as Edge detection, Thresholding, K-Means clustering, Fuzzy C-Means clustering, Penalized Fuzzy C-Means, Unsupervised segmentation. Segmentation of diseased area of a plant leaf is the first step in disease detection and identification which plays crucial role in agriculture research. This paper provides different segmentation techniques that are used to segment diseased leaf of a plant. Keywords: Fuzzy C-Means, K-Means, Penalized FCM, Unsupervised Fuzzy Clustering
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER) ijceronline
This document presents a hybrid methodology for classifying segmented images using both unsupervised and supervised classification techniques. The proposed methodology involves first segmenting the image into spectrally homogeneous regions using region growing segmentation. Then, a clustering algorithm is applied to the segmented regions for initial classification. Selected regions are used as training data for a supervised classification algorithm to further categorize the image. The hybrid approach combines the benefits of unsupervised clustering and supervised classification. The methodology is evaluated on natural and aerial images to compare its performance to existing seeded region growing and texture extraction segmentation methods.
A NOVEL APPROACH FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION AND SELECTION ON MRI IMAGES FOR BRAIN...cscpconf
Feature extraction is a method of capturing visual content of an image. The feature extraction is
the process to represent raw image in its reduced form to facilitate decision making such as
pattern classification. The objective of this paper is to present a novel method of feature
selection and extraction. This approach combines the Intensity, Texture, shape based features
and classifies the tumor as white matter, Gray matter, CSF, abnormal and normal area. The
experiment is performed on 140 tumor contained brain MR images from the Internet Brain
Segmentation Repository. PCA and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) were applied on the
training sets. The Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier served as a comparison of
nonlinear techniques Vs linear ones. PCA and LDA methods are used to reduce the number of
features used. The feature selection using the proposed technique is more beneficial as it
analyses the data according to grouping class variable and gives reduced feature set with high classification accuracy.
Feature Extraction for Image Classification and Analysis with Ant Colony Opti...sipij
The problem of structure extraction from the image which contains many clustered objects is a challenging one for high level image analysis. When an image contains many clustered objects overlapping of objects can cause for hiding the structure. The existing segmentation techniques for better understanding, not able to the address the constituent parts of the image implicitly. The approaches like multistage segmentation address to some extent, but for each stage a separate structure is extracted, and thus causes for the ambiguity about the structure. The proposed approach called Ant Colony Optimization and Fuzzy logic based technique resolves this problem, and gives the implicit structure, that meets with original structure. The segmentation approach uses the swarm intelligence technique based on the behavior of the ant colonies. The segmentation is the process of separating the non-overlapping regions that constitute an image. The segmentation is important for structured and non-structured image analysis and classification for better understanding.
This document discusses k-means clustering for image segmentation. It begins with an abstract describing a color-based image segmentation method using k-means clustering to partition pixels into homogeneous clusters. It then provides background on image segmentation and k-means clustering. The document outlines the k-means clustering algorithm and applies it to segment an example image ("rotapple.jpg") into three clusters corresponding to different image regions. It concludes that k-means clustering provides an effective approach for basic image segmentation.
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MAGNETIC RESONANCE BRAIN IMAGE SEGMENTATIONVLSICS Design
Segmentation of tissues and structures from medical images is the first step in many image analysis applications developed for medical diagnosis. With the growing research on medical image segmentation, it is essential to categorize the research outcomes and provide researchers with an overview of the existing segmentation techniques in medical images. In this paper, different image segmentation methods applied on magnetic resonance brain images are reviewed. The selection of methods includes sources from image processing journals, conferences, books, dissertations and thesis. The conceptual details of the methods are explained and mathematical details are avoided for simplicity. Both broad and detailed categorizations of reviewed segmentation techniques are provided. The state of art research is provided with emphasis on developed techniques and image properties used by them. The methods defined are not always mutually independent. Hence, their inter relationships are also stated. Finally, conclusions are drawn summarizing commonly used techniques and their complexities in application.
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Mammogram image segmentation using rough clustering
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MAMMOGRAM IMAGE SEGMENTATION USING ROUGH
CLUSTERING
R. Subash Chandra Boss1
, K. Thangavel2
, D. Arul Pon Daniel3
1, 2, 3
Department of Computer Science, Periyar University, Salem-636 011, Tamilnadu, India
rmsubash_18@yahoo.co.in, drktvelu@yahoo.com, apdaniel86@yahoo.com
Abstract
The mammography is the most effective procedure to diagnosis the breast cancer at an early stage. This paper proposes mammogram
image segmentation using Rough K-Means (RKM) clustering algorithm. The median filter is used for pre-processing of image and it is
normally used to reduce noise in an image. The 14 Haralick features are extracted from mammogram image using Gray Level Co-
occurrence Matrix (GLCM) for different angles. The features are clustered by K-Means, Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) and Rough K-Means
algorithms to segment the region of interests for classification. The result of the segmentation algorithms compared and analyzed
using Mean Square Error (MSE) and Root Means Square Error (RMSE). It is observed that the proposed method produces better
results that the existing methods.
Keywords— Mammogram, Data mining, Image Processing, Feature Extraction, Rough K- Means and Image
Segmentation
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1. INTRODUCTION
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer found among
women. It is the most frequent form of cancer and one in 22
women in India is likely to suffer from breast cancer [1]. This is
the second main cause of cancer death in women. Breast cancer
in India is in rise and rapidly becoming the leading cancer in
females and death toll is increasing at fast rate and no effective
way to treat this disease yet. So, early detection becomes a
critical factor to cure the disease and improving the surviving
rate. Generally the X-ray mammography is a valuable and most
reliable method in early detection.
Image segmentation refers to the process of partitioning a digital
image to multiple segments or set of pixels. The goal of
segmentation is to simplify the representation of an image into
different segments that is more meaningful and easier to
analyze. Image segmentation is typically used to locate objects
and boundaries in images. It is also the process of assigning
a label to every pixel in an image such that pixels with the
same label share certain visual characteristics. The result of
image segmentation is a set of segments that collectively
cover the entire image. Image segmentation is nothing but
the process of dividing an image into disjoint homogenous
regions [2]. These regions usually contain similar objects of
interest. The homogeneity of the segmented regions can be
measured using pixel intensity. Image segmentation techniques
can be broadly classified as into five main classes threshold
based, Cluster based, Edge based, Region based, and
Watershed based segmentation [3]. This paper focuses on
cluster based segmentation.
Data mining of medical images is used to collect effective
models, relations, rules, abnormalities and patterns from large
volume of data [4]. This procedure can accelerate the diagnosis
process and decision making. Different methods of data mining
have been used to detect and classify anomalies in mammogram
images such as K- means, FCM, wavelets, ant colony
optimization and neural network.
Clustering is defined as the optimal partitioning of a given set
of n data points into specified number of subgroups, such
that data points belonging to the same group are as similar to
each other as possible [5]. The data points from two different
groups share the maximum difference. Image segmentation is
also considered as a clustering problem where the features
describing each pixel correspond to a pattern, and each image
region corresponds to a cluster. Some hard clustering
approaches do not consider overlapping of classes which occur
in many practical image segmentation problems.
K-Means clustering generate a specific number of disjoints and
flat (non-hierarchical) clusters. It is well suited to generate
globular clusters. The K-Means method is numerical,
unsupervised, non-deterministic and iterative. Some of
disadvantages in K-Means algorithm are difficult in comparing
quality of the clusters produced (e.g. for different initial
partitions or values of K affect outcome), Fixed number of
clusters can make it difficult to predict what K should be, does
not work well with non-globular clusters. Different initial
partitions can result in different final clusters [6].
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There are several methods for segmenting images based on two
fundamental properties of the pixel values: One of them is
“discontinuity” that uses the discontinuities between gray-level
regions to detect isolated points, edges and contours within an
image. The other is “similarity” that uses decision criteria to
separate an image into different group based on the similarity of
the pixel levels. Clustering is one of the methods of second
category. Clustering algorithms attempt to separate a dataset into
distinct regions of membership. Fuzziness occurs due to the
presence of pixels and use of fuzzy methods makes the results
more reliable. Integration of these two techniques (C-Means
clustering & Fuzzy methods) leads to Fuzzy C-Means clustering
(FCM) that consider each cluster as a fuzzy set. Computational
steps of FCM algorithm are: choosing the number of classes and
the initial value for the means, classify the image by defining
membership value for each class and assigning the pixels to the
class corresponding to the closest mean, Re-computing the
means of the class and at last, if the change in any of the means
is more than some pre-defined small positive value, then
stopping, else reclassifying the image based on membership
functions and iterating the algorithm.
This paper is organized as follows: Section 2 discusses the
Rough set theory. Section 3 discusses the Image as a rough set.
Section 4 discusses the Rough set in medical image
segmentation. Section 5 describes the Pre-processing work.
Section 6 discusses the Feature Extraction techniques. Section 7
explains the Clustering algorithms. Section 8 discusses
experimental results and Section 9 covers conclusion.
2. ROUGH SET THEORY
Rough set theory [7, 8] is a fairly recent intelligent technique for
managing uncertainty that is used for the discovery of data
dependencies, to evaluate the importance of attributes, to
discover patterns in data, to reduce redundancies, and to
recognize and classify objects. Moreover, it is being used for the
extraction of rules from databases where one advantage is the
creation of readable if-then rules. Such rules have the potential
to reveal previously undiscovered patterns in the data;
furthermore, it also collectively functions as a classifier for
unseen samples. Unlike other computational intelligence
techniques, rough set analysis requires no external parameters
and uses only the information presented in the given data. One
of the useful features of rough set theory is that it can tell
whether the data is complete or not based on the data itself. If
the data is incomplete, it will suggest that more information
about the objects is required. On the other hand, if the data is
complete, rough sets are able to determine whether there are any
redundancies and find the minimum data needed for
classification. This property of rough sets is very important for
applications where domain knowledge is very limited or data
collection is expensive because it makes sure the data collected
is just sufficient to build a good classification model without
sacrificing accuracy [7, 8].
In rough set theory, sample objects of interest are usually
represented by a table called an information table. Rows of an
information table correspond to objects and columns correspond
to object features. For a given set B of functions representing
object features and a set of sample objects X , an indiscernibility
relation ∼B is a set of pairs (x, x′ ) ∈ X × X such that f (x) = f
(x′ ) for all f ∈ B. The relation ∼B defines a quotient set X /
∼B, i.e., a set of all classes in the partition of X defined by ∼B.
Rough set theory identifies three approximation regions defined
relative to X / ∼B, namely, lower approximation, upper
approximation and boundary. The lower approximation of a set
X contains all classes that are subsets of X, the upper
approximation contains all classes with non-empty intersections
with X, and the boundary is the set difference between the upper
and lower approximations.
Rough image processing can be defined as the collection of
approaches and techniques that understand represent and process
images, their segments and features as rough sets [9]. In images
boundaries between object regions are often ill-defined [10].
This uncertainty can be handled by describing the different
objects as rough sets with upper (or outer) and lower (or inner)
approximations.
3. IMAGE AS A ROUGH SET
In gray scale images boundaries between object regions are
often ill defined because of grayness and / or spatial ambiguities
[11]. Here, the concepts of upper and lower approximation can
be viewed, as outer and inner approximations of an image region
in terms of granules respectively.
Let the universe U be an image consisting of a collection of
pixels. Then if we partition U into a collection of non-
overlapping windows (of size m n, say), each window can be
considered as a granule G. In other words, the induced
equivalence classes Imn have m n pixels in each non-over-
lapping window. Given this granulation, object regions in the
image can be approximated by rough sets.
Let us consider an object-background separation (a two class)
problem of an M N, L level image. Let prop(B) and prop(O)
represent two properties (say, gray level intervals 0, 1, …, T and
T + 1, T + 2, …, L – 1) that characterize back-ground and object
can be viewed as two sets with their rough representation as
follows:
The inner approximation of the object ( rO ):
i
jir n*m,...,3,2,1jT,P|GO .
Outer approximation of the object ( rO ):
i
jjiT TPs.tn,*m,..,.3,2,1j,GO .
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Inner approximation of the background ( TB ):
i
jiT n*m,.,.3,2,1j,TP|GB .
Outer approximation of the background ( TB ):
i
jiT TPs.t.n*m,..,3,2,1jj,GB
Therefore, the rough set representation of the image (i.e., object
OT and background BT) for a given Imn depends on the value of
T. Let the roughness of object OT and background BT be
defined as
T
TT
T
T
O
O
OO
O
O
1R T
T
TT
T
T
B
B
BB
B
B
1R T
,
Where TO and TO are the cardinality of the sets TO and
TO , and TB and TB are the cardinality of the sets TB and
TB , respectively.
4. ROUGH SETS IN MEDICAL IMAGE
SEGMENTATION
One of the most important tasks in medical imaging is
segmentation as it is often a pre-cursor to subsequent analysis,
whether manual or automated. The basic idea behind
segmentation-based rough sets is that while some cases may be
clearly labeled as being in a set X (called positive region in
rough sets theory), and some cases may be clearly labelled as
not being in X (called negative region), limited information
prevents us from labeling all possible cases clearly. The
remaining cases cannot be distinguished and lie in what is
known as the boundary region. Kobashi et al. [12] introduced
rough sets to treat nominal data based on concepts of
categorization and approximation for medical image
segmentation. The proposed clustering method extracts features
of each pixel by using thresholding and labeling algorithms.
Thus, the features are given by nominal data. The ability of the
proposed method was evaluated by applying it to human brain
MRI images. Peters et al. [13] presented a new form of
indiscernibility relation based on k-means clustering of pixel
values. The end result is a partitioning of a set of pixel values
into bins that represent equivalence classes. The proposed
approach allows introducing a form of upper and lower
approximation specialized relative to sets of pixel values.
An improved clustering algorithm based on rough sets and
entropy theory was presented by Chena and Wang [14]. The
method avoids the need to pre-specify the number of clusters
which is a common problem in clustering based segmentation
approaches. Clustering can be performed in both numerical and
nominal feature spaces with a similarity introduced to replace
the distance index. At the same time, rough sets are used to
enhance the algorithm with the capability to deal with vagueness
and uncertainty in data analysis. Shannon’s entropy was used to
refine the clustering results by assigning relative weights to the
set of features according to the mutual entropy values. A novel
measure of clustering quality was also presented to evaluate the
clusters. The experimental results confirm that both efficiency
and clustering quality of this algorithm are improved
An interesting strategy for colour image segmentation using
rough sets has been presented by Mohabey et al. [15]. They
introduced a concept of encrustation of the histogram, called his
ton, for the visualization of multi-dimensional colour
information in an integrated fashion and study its applicability in
boundary region analysis. The his ton correlates with the upper
approximation of a set such that all elements belonging to this
set are classified as possibly belonging to the same segment or
segments showing similar colour value. The proposed
encrustation provides a direct means of separating a pool of
inhomogeneous regions into its components. This approach can
then be extended to build a hybrid rough set theoretic
approximations with fuzzy c-means based colour image
segmentation. The technique extracts colour information
regarding the number of segments and the segment centers of
the image through rough set theoretic approximations which
then serve as the input to a fuzzy c-means algorithm.
Widz et al. [16] introduced an automated multi-spectral MRI
segmentation technique based on approximate reducts derived
from the theory of rough sets. They utilised T1, T2 and PD MRI
images from a simulated brain database as a gold standard to
train and test their segmentation algorithm. The results suggest
that approximate reducts, used alone or in combination with
other classification methods, may provide a novel and efficient
approach to the segmentation of volumetric MRI data sets.
Segmentation accuracy reaches 96% for the highest resolution
images and 89% for the noisiest image volume. They tested the
resultant classifier on real clinical data, which yielded an
accuracy of approximately 84%.
5. PRE-PROCESSING
Pre-processing is an important issue in low-level image
processing. It is possible to filter out the noise present in
image using filtering. A high pass filter passes the frequent
changes in the gray level and a low pass filter reduces the
frequent changes in the gray level of an image. That is; the low
pass filter smoothes and often removes the sharp edges. A
special type of low pass filter is the Median filter. The Median
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filter takes an area of image (3 x 3, 5 x 5, 7 x 7 etc),
observes all pixel values in that area and puts it into the array
called element array. Then, the element array is sorted and
the median value of the element array is found out. We
have achieved this by sorting the element array in the
ascending order using bubble sort and returning the middle
elements of the sorted array as the median value. The output
image array is the set of all the median values of the element
arrays obtained for all the pixels. Median filter goes into a series
of loops which cover the entire image array [13].
Some of the important features of the Median filter are: It is a
non-linear digital filtering technique. It works on a
monochrome color image. It reduces “speckle” and “salt and
paper” noise. It is easy to change the size of the Median filter.
It removes noise in image, but adds small changes in noise-free
parts of image. It does not require convolution. Its edge
preserving nature makes it useful in many cases.
The selected median value will be exactly equal to one of the
existing brightness value, so that no round-off error is
involved when we take independently with integer brightness
values comparing to the other filters [13, 14].
6. FEATURE EXTRACTION
The idea is to calculate the co-occurrence matrix for small
regions of the image and then use this matrix to find statistic
values, for instance Contrast, Correlation, Uniformity,
Homogeneity, Probability, Inverse and Entropy. The distance
and angle is converted to a vertical and a horizontal offset in
pixels according to the following list of angle offset.
Gray-Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) is one of the texture
descriptors most used in the literature. Starting to summarize
different researches we can find works by Bovis and Singh [19]
studying how to detect masses in mammograms on the basis of
textural features using five co-occurrence matrices statistics
extracted from four spatial orientations, horizontal, left diagonal,
vertical and right diagonal corresponding to (00, 450, 900 and
1350) and four pixel distance (d = 1, 3, 6 and 9). Hence, a
classification is performed using each feature vector and linear
discriminate analysis. According to Marti et al. [20], GLCMs
are frequently used in computer vision obtaining satisfactory
results as texture classifiers in different applications. Their
approach uses mutual information with the purpose to calculate
the amount of mutual information between images using
histograms distributions obtained by grey-level co-occurrence
matrices. Blot and Zwiggelaar [21, 22] proposed two approaches
based in detection and enhancement of structures in images
using GLCM. The purpose is to compare the difference between
these two matrices obtaining a probability estimate of the
abnormal image structures in the ROI. Finally, another study
based on background texture extraction for classification of Blot
and Zwiggelaar [23] presented their work where there is a
statistical difference between GLCM for image regions that
include image structures and regions that only contain
background texture which is provided by a classification in
mammograms. In 2003, different approaches based on co-
occurrences matrix as a feature descriptors extraction were
developed. Houssay et al. [24] presented a neuro-fuzzy model
for fast detection of candidate circumscribed masses in
mammograms and texture features are estimated using co-
occurrence matrices which are used to train the neuro-fuzzy
model. On the other hand, Marti et al. [25] proposed a
supervised method for the segmentation of masses in
mammographic images using texture features which present a
homogeneous behaviour inside the selected region.
Jirari [26] proposes an intelligent Computer-Aided Detection
system (CAD) by constructing five co-occurrence matrices at
different distances for each suspicious region. A different
number of statistical features are used to train and test the Radial
Basis neural network. Another work is presented by Lena et al.
[27] with the study of a multi-resolution texture feature of
second order statistics were extracted from spatial GLCM using
different orientations and distances.
Recent studies, Karahaliou et al. [28] investigate whether texture
properties of the tissue surrounding micro-calcifications using a
wavelet transform. Thirteen textural features were calculated
from four GLCMs. Finally, Lyra et al. [29] study how to
identify breast tissue quality data quantification using a CAD
system, where images categorized using the BIRADS breast
density index. The texture features were derived for each sub-
region from an averaged gray- level co-occurrence matrix
(GLCM). Karahaliou et al. [30] Gray-level texture and wavelet
coefficient texture features at three decomposition levels are
extracted from surrounding tissue regions of interest.
6.1 Grey-Level Co-Occurrence Matrices:
The Statistics of grey-level histograms give parameters for each
processed region but do not provide any information about the
repeating nature of texture. According to Beichel and Sonka
[31], the occurrence of gray-level configuration may be
described by matrices of relative frequencies, called co-
occurrence matrices. Hence, the GLCM is a tabulation of how
often different combinations of pixel brightness values (grey
levels) occur in an image. GLCM are constructed by observing
pairs of image cells distance d from each other and incrementing
the matrix position corresponding to the grey level of both cells.
This allows us to derive four matrices for each given distance: 0,
P (450, d), P (900, d), and P (1350, d). For instance, P (00; d) is
defined as follows:
P ((00
), d (a, b)) = | {((k, l), (m, n)) D:
k – m = 0, |l – n| = d, f(k, l) = a, f(m, n) = b}|
Where each P value is the number of times that: f(x1, y1) = i,
f(x2, y2) = j, |x1 - x2| = d and y1 = y2 append simultaneously in
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the image. P (450
, d), P (900
, d), P (1350
, d) are defined
similarly:
P ((450
), d (a, b)) = |f ((k, l); (m, n)) D:
(k - m = d, l - n = - d) OR (k - m = d; l - n = d), f (k, l) = a,
f (m, n) = b}|
P ((900
), d (a, b)) = | {((k, l), (m, n)) D:
|k – m| = d, l - n = 0, f (k, l) = a, f (m, n) = b}|
P ((1350
), d (a, b)) = | f ((k, l); (m, n)) D:
(k - m = d, l - n = d) OR (k - m = - d, l - n = -d), f (k, l) = a, f
(m, n) = b}|
A co-occurrence matrix contains the frequency of a certain pair
of pixels repetition in an image. According to the previous
formulas the parameters needed are the follows:
Number of grey levels: Normally, it is used a grayscale image of
256 grey levels, which means a high computational cost because
all possible pixel pairs must be taken into account. The solution
is to generate the matrix reducing the number of grayscales, and
so the number of possible pixel combinations. The co-
occurrence matrix is always square with the same
dimensionality as the number of grey-levels chosen.
Distance between pixels (d): the co-occurrence matrix stores the
number of times that a certain pair of pixels is found in the
image. Normally the pair of pixels are just neighbors, but the
matrix could also be computed analyzing the relation between
non consecutive pixels. Thus a distance between pixels must be
previously defined.
Angle ( ): Similarly to the distance it is necessary to define the
direction of the pair of pixels. The most common directions are
00, 450, 900, 1350 and its symmetric equivalents. Figure 1
shows an example of how we can construct a co-occurrence
matrix with eight grey levels, computed using one for distance
between pixels and zero degrees for the direction. In this case,
the element (1, 1) of C matrix is equivalent to 1 because it has
been found only one occurrence in the original image f. Another
example is shown in the Figure 1. On the element (6, 2), where
there are three occurrences because a pixel with a value of 6 has
a pixel valued 2 immediately to its right. The other elements of
C are computed in the same way.
Figure1. How to generate a co-occurrence matrix
The co-occurrence matrix has some properties about the spatial
distribution of the gray levels in the texture image. Haralick [31]
proposed descriptors used for characterizing co-occurrence
matrices of size K x K. The term Pij is the ijth term of C divided
by the sum of the elements C.
7. CLUSTERING ALGORITHM
The main objective in cluster analysis is to group objects that are
similar in one cluster and separate objects that are dissimilar by
assigning them to different clusters. One of the most popular
clustering methods is K-Means clustering algorithm. It classifies
object to a pre-defined number of clusters, which is given by the
user (assume K clusters). The idea is to choose random cluster
centres, one for each cluster. These centres are preferred to be as
far as possible from each other. In this algorithm mostly
Euclidean distance is used to find distance between data points
and centroids [7]. The Euclidean distance between two multi-
dimensional data points X = (x1, x2, x3, ..., xm) and Y = (y1,
y2, y3, ..., ym) is described as follows:
n
i
ji yxYXD
0
2
),(
The K-Means method aims to minimize the sum of squared
distances between all points and the cluster centre. This
procedure consists of the following steps, as described below.
7.1 K-Means Algorithm:
Require: D = {d1, d2, d3, ..., dn } // Set of n data points.
K - Number of desired clusters
Ensure: A set of K clusters.
Steps-1: Arbitrarily choose k data points from D as initial
centroids;
Steps-2: Repeat: Assign each point di to the cluster which has
the closest centroid;
Calculate the new mean for each cluster;
Steps-3: Until convergence criteria is met.
Though the K-Means algorithm is simple, it has some
drawbacks of quality of the final clustering, since it highly
depends on the arbitrary selection of the initial centroids. Data
clustering is the process of dividing data elements into classes or
clusters so that items in the same class are as similar as possible,
and items in different classes are as dissimilar as possible.
Depending on the nature of the data and the purpose for which
clustering is being used, different measures of similarity may be
used to place items into classes, where the similarity measure
controls how the clusters are formed. Some examples of
measures that can be used as in clustering include distance,
connectivity, and intensity.
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In hard clustering, data is divided into distinct clusters, where
each data element belongs to exactly one cluster. In fuzzy
clustering (also referred to as soft clustering), data elements can
belong to more than one cluster, and associated with each
element is a set of membership levels. These indicate the
strength of the association between that data element and a
particular cluster. Fuzzy clustering is a process of assigning
these membership levels, and then using them to assign data
elements to one or more clusters.
7.2 Fuzzy C-Means Algorithm
Input: Dataset X of n objects with d features, value of K and
fuzzification value m >1
Output: Membership matrix Uij for n objects and K clusters
Procedure:
Step-1: Declare a membership matrix U of size Kn .
Step-2: Generate K cluster centroids randomly within the range
of the data or select K objects randomly as initial
cluster centroids. Let the centroids be c1, c2,…, cK.
Step-3: Calculate the distance measure jiij cxd using
Euclidean distance, for all cluster
centroids jc , , K,,j 21 and data
objects , n,,ixi 21, .
Step-4: Compute the Fuzzy membership matrix ijU
Ij
iiij
i
i
K
i
m
ij
m
ij
ij
Kj
ni
IIjU
Ij
I
d
d
U
,,1
,0
,
)(
)(
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
where
0;1
1
ij
ni
i dKjjI
Step-5: Compute new cluster centroids jc
n
i
m
ij
n
i
i
m
ij
j
Kj
U
xU
c
1
1
1
)(
)(
Step-6: Repeat steps 3 to 5 until convergence.
7.3 Rough K-Means Clustering
Lingras proposed Rough K-Means (RKM) algorithm
by incorporating rough sets into K-Means
algorithm
RKM algorithm does not verify all the properties of
rough set theory, but uses the following basic
properties:
Property-1: a data object can be a member of one lower
approximation at most.
Property-2: a data object that is a member of the lower
approximation of a cluster is also member of the
upper approximation of the same cluster.
Property-3: a data object that does not belong to any lower
approximation is a member of at least two upper
approximations.
According to the above three properties, the lower
approximation is a subset of the upper approximation
The difference between upper and lower approximation is called
boundary region, which contains objects in multiple clusters
The membership of each object in lower and upper
approximation is determined by three parameters Wl,
Wu and ε
The parameters Wl and Wu correspond to the relative
importance of lower and upper bounds, and Wl + Wu =
1
The ε is a threshold parameter used to control the size
of boundary region
Input: Dataset of n objects with d features, number of clusters
K and values of parameters Wlower, Wupper, and
epsilon.
Output: Lower approximation U (K) and Upper
approximation )(KU of K Clusters.
Procedure:
Step1: Randomly assign each data object one lower
approximation U (K). By property 2, the data object
also belongs to upper approximation )(KU of the
same Cluster.
Step 2: Compute Cluster Centroids Cj
If )(KU and )()( KUKU
)(
)(
KU
xj
C KUx
j
Else
If )(KU and )()( KUKU
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Feature Extraction
Clustering
Image Segmentation
Image Database
)()(
))()((
KUKU
x
C
KUKUx j
j
Else
)()()(
))()(()(
KUKU
x
W
KU
x
WC
KUKUx j
u
KUx
j
lj
Step 3: Assign each object to the lower approximation U (K)
or upper approximation )(KU of cluster i cluster
respectively. For each object vector x, let d(x, cj) is
the distance between itself and the centroid of cluster
cj. Let d(x, cj) is min 1≤j≤K d(x, cj). The ratio d(x,
ci) /d(x, cj), 1≤i, j≤K is used to determine the
membership of x as follows:
Step 4: Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until convergence.
8. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
In this paper, the image samples are taken from the benchmark
MIAS database analyzing for analyzing the proposed method.
14 Haralick features were extracted using Gray level Co-
occurrence Matrix (GLCM). The sub-matrices of size 5 x 5 is
used for constructing GLCM at different angle with distance d =
1 and then feature are extracted. Further feature are clustered
into five groups by RKM algorithm, each groups is partition into
one segment, the segmented image show in Figure 3. The same
features are used to cluster using K- Means and FCM algorithms
with five groups each groups is partition into one segment, the
segmented image shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5. The quality of
segmentation result are measured using MSE and RMSE if the
error value becomes low means that the better results. Figure2
shows the proposed system.
Figure2. Proposed system
The MSE and RMSE values for the RKM segmentation, FCM
segmentation and K-Means segmentation are tabulated in table
I, table II, table III, table IV, table V and table VI respectively.
According to the segmentation errors means square error (MSE)
and root mean square error (RMSE) the GLCM at distance 1
and angle 450 gives the best result for all tested image. These
are demonstrated in Figure 5.
MDB01
7
MDB0
72
MDB0
18
MDB
0114
MDB
213
MDB
290
OriginalAngle00Angle450Angle900Angle1350
Figure3. Segmented Results in Rough K-Means Algorithm
MDB01
7
MDB0
72
MDB0
18
MDB
0114
MDB
213
MDB
290
OriginalAngle00Angle450
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1.2
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Mdb 017 Mdb 072 Mdb 018 Mdb 114 Mdb 213 Mdb 290
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90
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100
105
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120
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130
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140
Images
Errorrate(RMSE)
0
45
90
135
(f)
Figure6. Performance Analysis on Error rates in (a) MSE (b)
RMSE RKM algorithm (c) MSE (d) RMSE FCM Algorithm, (e)
MSE (f) RMSE K-Means Algorithm
CONCLUSIONS
In this paper, Rough K-Means algorithm (RKM) is proposed for
mammogram image segmentation. The 14 Haralick features are
extracted from mammogram image using Gray Level Co-
occurrence Matrix (GLCM) for different angles. The features
are clustered by K-Means, Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) and RKM
algorithms inorder to segment the region of interests for further
classification. The performance of the RKM segmentation is
evaluated using MSE and RMSE measures. The proposed
segmentation algorithm is compared with K-Means algorithm
and FCM algorithm. It was observed that RKM segmentation
algorithm out performs the benchmark K-Means algorithm and
FCM algorithm. Further the resultant mammogram can be used
for the detection of abnormalities in human breast like
calcification, circumscribed lesions etc. This is the direction for
further research.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The second author immensely acknowledges the UGC, New
Delhi for partial financial assistance under UGC-SAP (DRS)
Grant No. F.3-50/2011
The first and third authors immensely acknowledge the partial
financial assistance under University Research Fellowship,
Periyar University, Salem
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BIOGRAPHIES
Subash Chandra Boss Rajaraman was born
in 1985 at Villuppuram District, Tamilnadu,
India. He is received the Master of Science in
Computer Science in 2009 from Pondicherry
University, Pondicherry, India. He obtained his
M.Phil (Computer Science) Degree from
Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu, India in 2010. Currently
he is doing fulltime Ph.D., Periyar University, Salem,
Tamilnadu, India. His area of interests includes Medical Image
Processing, Data Mining, Neural Network, Fuzzy logic, and
Rough Set.
Thangavel Kuttiyannan was born in 1964 at
Namakkal, Tamilnadu, India. He received his
Master of Science from the Department of
Mathematics, Bharathidasan University in 1986,
and Master of Computer Applications Degree
from Madurai Kamaraj University, India in
2001. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree from the Department of
Mathematics, Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University,
Gandhigram, India in 1999. Currently he is working as
Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science, Periyar
University, Salem. He is a recipient of Tamilnadu Scientist
award for the year 2009 and Sir C.V.Raman award for the year
2013. His area of interests includes Medical Image Processing,
Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Network, Fuzzy
logic, and Rough Set.
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Arul Pon Daniel Thiyoder was born at
Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu, India, in 1986.
He received the Master of Computer
Applications degree from the Bharathidasan
University, Tiruchirapally, TN, India, and
Master of Business Administrations in Human
Resource degree from the Periyar University, Salem, TN, India,
in 2009. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the
Department of Computer Science, Periyar University, Salem,
TN, India. His research interests include data mining, image
processing, array processing, signal processing and artificial
intelligence.