NDLI: Prostate's boundary detection in transrectal ultrasound images using scanning technique

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Author	Awad, J. Abdel-Galil, T.K. Salama, M.M.A. Tizhoosh, H. Fenster, A. Rizkalla, K. Downey, D.B.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada (Awad, J.; Abdel-Galil, T.K.; Salama, M.M.A.; Tizhoosh, H.)
Abstract	Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death in men. Early detection of prostate cancer is very essential for the success of the treatment. Ultrasound B-mode images is the standard mean for imaging the prostate. The manual analysis of the ultrasound images consumes much time and effort. It is necessary to develop an automated algorithm to analyze the ultrasound images. The first important step in detecting the cancer is to detect the boundary of the prostate itself and to extract it from the image for further analysis. In this paper a multistage algorithm for prostate boundary detection is proposed. In the first stage, the proposed algorithm starts with enhancing the contrast of the image by sticks technique followed by smoothing the image by gauss kernel. In the second stage, scanning the image and applying knowledge base rules to find a seed point inside the prostate is implemented. This seed point is used to remove the false edges. Then by using a morphological opening algorithm, the remaining false edges can be removed. The final step is to use the seed point to scan the image in radial directions to find the prostate' s boundary.
Starting Page	1199
Ending Page	1202
File Size	329611
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780377818
ISSN	08407789
DOI	10.1109/CCECE.2003.1226113
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-05-04
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Ultrasonic imaging Image segmentation Image edge detection Cancer detection Prostate cancer Image analysis Biomedical imaging Medical diagnostic imaging Artificial neural networks Speckle
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Hardware and Architecture

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