Malignant mass detection and classification in radiographic images
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06T-007/00
G06T-005/10
G06T-005/00
G06K-009/62
출원번호
US-0695357
(2011-04-29)
등록번호
US-9262822
(2016-02-16)
국제출원번호
PCT/US2011/034698
(2011-04-29)
§371/§102 date
20121126
(20121126)
국제공개번호
WO2011/137409
(2011-11-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Wehnes, Jeffrey C.
Pike, James H.
출원인 / 주소
VUCOMP, INC.
대리인 / 주소
Slater & Matsil, LLP
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초록▼
An image analysis embodiment comprises subsampling a digital image by a subsample factor related to a first anomaly size scale, thereby generating a subsampled image, smoothing the subsampled image to generate a smoothed image, determining a minimum negative second derivative for each pixel in the s
An image analysis embodiment comprises subsampling a digital image by a subsample factor related to a first anomaly size scale, thereby generating a subsampled image, smoothing the subsampled image to generate a smoothed image, determining a minimum negative second derivative for each pixel in the smoothed image, determining each pixel having a convex down curvature based on a negative minimum negative second derivative value for the respective pixel, joining each eight-neighbor connected pixels having convex down curvature to identify each initial anomaly area, selecting the initial anomaly areas having strongest convex down curvatures based on a respective maximum negative second derivative for each of the initial anomaly areas, extracting one or more classification features for each selected anomaly area, and classifying the selected anomaly areas based on the extracted one or more classification features.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for processing an image comprising pixels, the method comprising: identifying anomalies in the image at a first anomaly size scale, comprising: subsampling a digital image by a subsample factor related to the first anomaly size scale, thereby generating a subsampled image having a lower
1. A method for processing an image comprising pixels, the method comprising: identifying anomalies in the image at a first anomaly size scale, comprising: subsampling a digital image by a subsample factor related to the first anomaly size scale, thereby generating a subsampled image having a lower resolution than the digital image in accordance with the subsample factor;smoothing the subsampled image to generate a smoothed image;determining a least-positive negated-second derivative for each pixel in the smoothed image;determining each pixel having a convex down curvature based on a least-positive negated-second derivative value for the respective pixel;joining each eight-neighbor connected pixels having convex down curvature to identify each initial anomaly area having only the first anomaly size scale, wherein, for each initial anomaly area, an internal pixel of the respective initial anomaly area represents a point of least curvature for the respective initial anomaly area;selecting one or more of the initial anomaly areas having only the first anomaly size scale and having strongest convex down curvatures based on a respective maximum least-positive negated-second derivative value at the respective internal pixel for each of the initial anomaly areas;extracting one or more classification features for each selected anomaly area having only the first anomaly size scale; andclassifying the selected anomaly areas having only the first anomaly size scale based on the extracted one or more classification features; andperforming the identifying the anomalies in the image for a plurality of different anomaly size scales. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is a mammogram, the anomalies are potentially-malignant masses, and the one or more classification features are selected from the group consisting of: search width index, nipple distance and y position, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), object rank, relative arc length, dip SNR, global SNR, other side SNR, and combinations thereof. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before subsampling, removing bright areas from the digital image. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, after removing the bright areas and before subsampling, flattening an intensity of the digital image. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the least-positive negated-second derivative for each pixel comprises: calculating second derivatives at three image points centered at each pixel and linearly spaced at a large scale; andrepeating calculating second derivatives for a plurality of orientations around the each pixel. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising building a noise map of the smoothed image by: calculating second derivatives at three image points centered at each pixel and linearly spaced at a fine scale;repeating calculating second derivatives for a plurality of orientations around the each pixel; andusing a minimum absolute second derivative from the plurality of orientations as a noise map value for the each pixel. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after joining and before selecting, eroding and dilating each initial anomaly area. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before extracting, refining a boundary of each selected initial anomaly area. 9. A system for identifying anomalies in an image comprising pixels, the system comprising: an image subsampler subsampling a digital image using a subsample factor related to a first anomaly size scale, generating a subsampled image having a lower resolution than the digital image in accordance with the subsample factor;an image smoother smoothing the subsampled image, generating a smoothed image;a curvature signature detector: determining a least-positive negated-second derivative for each pixel in the smoothed image,detecting convex down curvature based on a least-positive negated-second derivative value for each pixel in the smoothed image, anddetecting and joining neighboring convex down curvatures in the smoothed image to generate anomaly areas having only the first anomaly size scale, wherein, for each anomaly area, an internal pixel of the respective anomaly area represents a point of least curvature for the respective anomaly area;an anomaly selector selecting one or more of the anomaly areas having only the first anomaly size scale and having strongest convex down curvatures based on a respective maximum least-positive negated-second derivative value at the respective internal pixel for each of the anomaly areas;a feature extractor extracting one or more classification features for each of the selected anomaly areas having only the first anomaly size scale; anda classifier classifying the selected anomaly areas having only the first anomaly size scale based on one or more thresholds for the extracted one or more classification features,wherein the image subsampler, the image smoother, the curvature signature detector, the anomaly selector, the feature extractor and the classifier perform their respective functions for the image for a plurality of different anomaly size scales. 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the image is a mammogram, the anomalies are potentially-malignant masses, and the one or more classification features are selected from the group consisting of: search width index, nipple distance and y position, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), object rank, relative arc length, dip SNR, global SNR, other side SNR, and combinations thereof. 11. The system of claim 9, further comprising the system removing bright areas from the digital image, before the image subsampler subsampling the digital image. 12. The system of claim 11, further comprising the system flattening an intensity of the digital image, after the bright areas are removed and before the image subsampler subsampling the digital image. 13. The system of claim 9, wherein the curvature detector determining the least-positive negated-second derivative for each pixel comprises the curvature detector: calculating second derivatives at three image points centered at each pixel and linearly spaced at a large scale; andrepeating calculating second derivatives for a plurality of orientations around the each pixel. 14. The system of claim 9, further comprising the system building a noise map of the smoothed image by: calculating second derivatives at three image points centered at each pixel and linearly spaced at a fine scale;repeating calculating second derivatives for a plurality of orientations around the each pixel; andusing a minimum absolute second derivative from the plurality of orientations as a noise map value for the each pixel. 15. The system of claim 9, further comprising the system eroding and dilating each initial anomaly area, after the curvature signature detector joining and before the anomaly selector selecting. 16. The system of claim 9, further comprising the system refining a boundary of each selected initial anomaly area, before the feature extractor extracting. 17. A computer program product for processing an image, the computer program product having a non-transitory computer-readable medium with a computer program embodied thereon, the computer program comprising: computer program code for identifying anomalies in the image at a first anomaly size scale, comprising: computer program code for subsampling a digital image by a subsample factor related to a first anomaly size scale, thereby generating a subsampled image having a lower resolution than the digital image in accordance with the subsample factor;computer program code for smoothing the subsampled image to generate a smoothed image;computer program code for determining a least-positive negated-second derivative for each pixel in the smoothed image;computer program code for determining each pixel having a convex down curvature based on a least-positive second derivative value for the respective pixel;computer program code for joining each eight-neighbor connected pixels having convex down curvature to identify each initial anomaly area having only the first anomaly size scale, wherein, for each initial anomaly area, an internal pixel of the respective initial anomaly area represents a point of least curvature for the respective initial anomaly area;computer program code for selecting one or more of the initial anomaly areas having only the first anomaly size scale and having strongest convex down curvatures based on a respective maximum least-positive negated-second derivative value for each of the initial anomaly areas;computer program code for extracting one or more classification features for each selected anomaly area having only the first anomaly size scale; andcomputer program code for classifying the selected anomaly areas having only the first anomaly size scale based on the extracted one or more classification features; andcomputer program code for performing the identifying the anomalies in the image for a plurality of different anomaly size scales. 18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the image is a mammogram, the anomalies are potentially-malignant masses, and the one or more classification features are selected from the group consisting of: search width index, nipple distance and y position, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), object rank, relative arc length, dip SNR, global SNR, other side SNR, and combinations thereof. 19. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer program code for removing bright areas from the digital image prior to subsampling. 20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer program code for determining the least positive negated-second derivative for each pixel comprises: computer program code for calculating second derivatives at three image points centered at each pixel and linearly spaced at a large scale; andcomputer program code for repeating calculating second derivatives for a plurality of orientations around the each pixel. 21. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising computer program code for flattening an intensity of the digital image after removing the bright areas and before subsampling. 22. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer program code for building a noise map of the smoothed image, comprising: computer program code for calculating second derivatives at three image points centered at each pixel and linearly spaced at a fine scale;computer program code for repeating calculating second derivatives for a plurality of orientations around the each pixel; andcomputer program code for using a minimum absolute second derivative from the plurality of orientations as a noise map value for the each pixel. 23. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer program code for eroding and dilating each initial anomaly area after joining and before selecting. 24. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer program code for refining a boundary of each selected initial anomaly area before extracting.
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