IMPROVEMENT AND STORAGE OF CONVENTIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGES USING TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING

The aim of this work is to show that a computer program, called digital image processing (DIP), can be used as an alternative method for breast diagnosis in hospitals and clinics that have not yet computerized mammography service. The image of mammogram obtained in reference is used to demonstrate t...

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Main Authors: Malana Almeida Silva, José Wilson Vieira, Isis Rosane Monteiro, Luiz Antônio Pereira dos Santos, Fernando Roberto Andrade Lima
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Published: Brazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR) 2015-05-01
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Online Access:https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/172
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author Malana Almeida Silva
José Wilson Vieira
Isis Rosane Monteiro
Luiz Antônio Pereira dos Santos
Fernando Roberto Andrade Lima
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description The aim of this work is to show that a computer program, called digital image processing (DIP), can be used as an alternative method for breast diagnosis in hospitals and clinics that have not yet computerized mammography service. The image of mammogram obtained in reference is used to demonstrate the usefulness of some techniques of the DIP computer program involving contrast enhancement, smoothing of noise and segmentation. These techniques were used to calculate the area of soft tissue that is being occupied by certain tumor. To implement the DIP techniques the mammography department needs to have a high-resolution scanner, a computer and the DIP software, which is an application, developed by the Grupo de Dosimetria Numérica (GDN). The images can be organized and stored into stacks of images in the standard format for 3D image on DIP and then processed to obtain an improvement. In this work, we used the nonlinear median filter to remove noise or artifacts of the original image. Linear functions have also been used to improve contrast and sharpest of the image. Using segmentation and logical operations the area where the tumor is located in the image will be treated and correspond to the shades of gray. Then, the pixels are computed aiming to calculate the percentage of soft tissue that is occupied by the tumor.
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spelling doaj-art-875f402184eb46e3a088e4824c8a205d2025-08-20T03:51:03ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122015-05-0131A (Suppl.)10.15392/bjrs.v3i1A.172135IMPROVEMENT AND STORAGE OF CONVENTIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGES USING TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSINGMalana Almeida Silva0José Wilson Vieira1Isis Rosane Monteiro2Luiz Antônio Pereira dos Santos3Fernando Roberto Andrade Lima4Federal University of PernambucoUniversidade de Pernambuco-UPE Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia - IFPEUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPEComissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear - CNENComissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear - CNENThe aim of this work is to show that a computer program, called digital image processing (DIP), can be used as an alternative method for breast diagnosis in hospitals and clinics that have not yet computerized mammography service. The image of mammogram obtained in reference is used to demonstrate the usefulness of some techniques of the DIP computer program involving contrast enhancement, smoothing of noise and segmentation. These techniques were used to calculate the area of soft tissue that is being occupied by certain tumor. To implement the DIP techniques the mammography department needs to have a high-resolution scanner, a computer and the DIP software, which is an application, developed by the Grupo de Dosimetria Numérica (GDN). The images can be organized and stored into stacks of images in the standard format for 3D image on DIP and then processed to obtain an improvement. In this work, we used the nonlinear median filter to remove noise or artifacts of the original image. Linear functions have also been used to improve contrast and sharpest of the image. Using segmentation and logical operations the area where the tumor is located in the image will be treated and correspond to the shades of gray. Then, the pixels are computed aiming to calculate the percentage of soft tissue that is occupied by the tumor.https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/172digital imaging processingmammographysegmentation
spellingShingle Malana Almeida Silva
José Wilson Vieira
Isis Rosane Monteiro
Luiz Antônio Pereira dos Santos
Fernando Roberto Andrade Lima
IMPROVEMENT AND STORAGE OF CONVENTIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGES USING TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences
digital imaging processing
mammography
segmentation
title IMPROVEMENT AND STORAGE OF CONVENTIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGES USING TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
title_full IMPROVEMENT AND STORAGE OF CONVENTIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGES USING TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
title_fullStr IMPROVEMENT AND STORAGE OF CONVENTIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGES USING TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
title_full_unstemmed IMPROVEMENT AND STORAGE OF CONVENTIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGES USING TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
title_short IMPROVEMENT AND STORAGE OF CONVENTIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGES USING TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
title_sort improvement and storage of conventional mammography images using techniques of digital image processing
topic digital imaging processing
mammography
segmentation
url https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/172
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