Dependence of shape-based descriptors and mass segmentation areas on initial contour placement using the Chan-Vese method on digital mammograms
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Dependence of shape-based descriptors and mass segmentation areas on initial contour placement using the Chan-Vese method on digital mammograms
zbMATH Open document ID: 1335.92045
DOI: 10.1155/2015/349874
author: S. N. Acho
author: W. I. D. Rae
published in: Computational \& Mathematical Methods in Medicine
publication date: 2016-05-02T00:00:00Z
review text: Summary: Variation in signal intensity within mass lesions and missing boundary information are intensity inhomogeneities inherent in digital mammograms. These inhomogeneities render the performance of a deformable contour susceptible to the location of its initial position and may lead to poor segmentation results for these images. We investigate the dependence of shape-based descriptors and mass segmentation areas on initial contour placement with the Chan-Vese segmentation method and compare these results to the active contours with selective local or global segmentation model. For each mass lesion, final contours were obtained by propagation of a proposed initial level set contour and by propagation of a manually drawn contour enclosing the region of interest. Differences in shape-based descriptors were quantified using absolute percentage differences, Euclidean distances, and Bland-Altman analysis. Segmented areas were evaluated with the area overlap measure. Differences were dependent upon the characteristics of the mass margins. Boundary moments presented large percentage differences. Pearson correlation analysis showed statistically significant correlations between shape-based descriptors from both initial locations. In conclusion, boundary moments of digital mass lesions are sensitive to the placement of initial level set contours while shape-based descriptors such as Fourier descriptors, shape convexity, and shape rectangularity exhibit a certain degree of robustness to changes in the location of the initial level set contours for both segmentation algorithms.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92C55
zbMATH DE Number: 6575867
zbMATH Keywords: digital mammograms
zbMATH Keywords: Chan-Vese method
zbMATH Keywords: Bland-Altman analysis
Wikidata QID: Q36032183
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/349874
OpenAlex ID: W1543338754
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