Mammogram breast density classification using mean-elliptical local binary patterns

Minu George, Erika R. E. Denton, Reyer Zwiggelaar

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel variant of Local Binary Patterns (LBP) so called Mean-Elliptical Local Binary Patterns (M-ELBP) for breast density classification. The basic idea of (E)LBP is that an image texture consists of micropatterns and the histogram of these micropatterns could give information about the local features in an image. To include intensity based information along with texture features, we improve the ELBP descriptor by including the mean intensity around the central pixel. We use multiple orientations which facilitates capturing sufficient micropattern features from the mammographic images. The M-ELBP is computed for the fibroglandular disk area instead of the whole breast region. A Bayesian network classifier was used for performing mammogram density classification and a stratified ten-fold cross-validation scheme was used for performance evaluation of the proposed method. The proposed method achieved an accuracy of 74% which is comparable with other methods in the literature using the same dataset.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication14th International Workshop on Breast Imaging (IWBI 2018)
EditorsElizabeth A. Krupinski
PublisherSPIE
Pages64-71
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781510620070
ISBN (Print)9781510620070, 1510620079
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 06 Jul 2018
EventThe 14th International Workshop of Breast Imaging - Atlanta, United States of America
Duration: 08 Jul 201811 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume10718
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceThe 14th International Workshop of Breast Imaging
Abbreviated titleIWBI 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States of America
CityAtlanta
Period08 Jul 201811 Jul 2018

Keywords

  • Birads density Classiffication
  • Breast density
  • Local Binary Pattern
  • Mammogram density estimation
  • Mean-Elliptical Local Binary Pattern

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