AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTERIZED DETECTION OF MASSES AND PARENCHYMAL DISTORTIONS IN MEDICAL IMAGES

摘要

A method and system for automated detection of lesions such as masses and/or parenchymal distortions in medical images such as mammograms. Dense regions and subcutaneous fat regions (102) within a mammogram (100) are segmented (101). A background correction may be performed within the dense regions. Hough spectrum within ROIs (104) placed in the breast region of a mammogram (100) are calculated and thresholded (106) using the intensity value in order to increase sensitivity and reduce the number of false-positive detections. Lesions are detected based on the thresholded Hough spectra. The thresholded Hough spectra are also used to differentiate between benign and malignant masses.