Analysis of Breast Thermography Using Fractal Dimension to Establish Possible Difference Between Malignant and Benign Patterns

Analysis of Breast Thermography Using Fractal Dimension to Establish Possible Difference Between Malignant and Benign Patterns Publisher

Etehadtavakol M^{1, 4} ; Lucas C² ; Sadri S^{1, 4} ; Ng EYK³

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1. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
2. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore
4. Medical Image and Signal Processing Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran

Source: Journal of Healthcare Engineering Published:2010

Abstract

Early detection of breast cancer by means of thermal imaging has a long and extremely controversial history. Recently, the availability of highly sensitive infrared (IR) cameras which can produce high-resolution diagnostic images of the temperature and vascular changes of breasts, as well as a better knowledge of advanced image processing techniques, has generated a renewed interest. The objective of this study is to investigate fractal analysis of breast thermal images and to develop an algorithm for detecting benignity and malignancy of breast diseases. The study is based on IR images captured by thermal camera, in which the resolution of the results is within the state of the art of IR camera. A total of 7 malignant cases and 8 benign cases have been considered. The breast images were first segmented by fuzzy c-means clustering. Then the first hottest regions for each image were identified and the fractal dimension of those regions was computed. It is shown that the fractal dimension results significantly differ between malignant and benign patterns, suggesting that fractal analysis may potentially improve the reliability of thermography in breast tumor detection.

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MLA	Etehadtavakol M, et al.. "Analysis of Breast Thermography Using Fractal Dimension to Establish Possible Difference Between Malignant and Benign Patterns." Journal of Healthcare Engineering, vol. 1, no. 1, 2010, pp. 27-43.
APA	Etehadtavakol M, Lucas C, Sadri S, Ng EYK (2010). Analysis of Breast Thermography Using Fractal Dimension to Establish Possible Difference Between Malignant and Benign Patterns. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 1(1), 27-43.
Chicago	Etehadtavakol M, Lucas C, Sadri S, Ng EYK. "Analysis of Breast Thermography Using Fractal Dimension to Establish Possible Difference Between Malignant and Benign Patterns." Journal of Healthcare Engineering 1, no. 1 (2010): 27-43.
Harvard	Etehadtavakol M et al. (2010) 'Analysis of Breast Thermography Using Fractal Dimension to Establish Possible Difference Between Malignant and Benign Patterns', Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 1(1), pp. 27-43.
Vancouver	Etehadtavakol M, Lucas C, Sadri S, Ng EYK. Analysis of Breast Thermography Using Fractal Dimension to Establish Possible Difference Between Malignant and Benign Patterns. Journal of Healthcare Engineering. 2010;1(1):27-43.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Etehadtavakol M and Lucas C and Sadri S and Ng EYK}, title = {Analysis of Breast Thermography Using Fractal Dimension to Establish Possible Difference Between Malignant and Benign Patterns}, journal = {Journal of Healthcare Engineering}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {27-43}, year = {2010} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Etehadtavakol M AU - Lucas C AU - Sadri S AU - Ng EYK TI - Analysis of Breast Thermography Using Fractal Dimension to Establish Possible Difference Between Malignant and Benign Patterns JO - Journal of Healthcare Engineering VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 27 EP - 43 PY - 2010 ER -

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