A classification framework for prediction of breast density using an ensemble of neural network classifiers

• Autorzy: Kumar I. , Bhadauria H. S. , Virmani J. , Thakur S.

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DOI

10.1016/j.bbe.2017.01.001

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The present work proposes a classification framework for the prediction of breast density using an ensemble of neural network classifiers. Expert radiologists, visualize the textural characteristics of center region of a breast to distinguish between different breast density classes. Accordingly, ROIs of fixed size are cropped from the center location of the breast tissue and GLCM mean features are computed for each ROI by varying interpixel distance 'd' from 1 to 15. The proposed classification framework consists of two stages, (a) first stage: this stage consists of a single 4-class neural network classifier NN0 (B-I/B-II/B-III/B-IV) which yields the output probability vector [P_B-I P_B-II P_B-III P_B-IV] indicating the probability values with which a test ROI belongs to a particular breast density class. (b) second stage: this stage consists of an ensemble of six binary neural network classifiers NN1 (B-I/B-II), NN2 (B-I/B-III), NN3 (B-I/B-IV), NN4 (B-II/B-III), NN5 (B-II/B-IV) and NN6 (B-III/B-IV). The output of the first stage of the classification framework, i.e. output on NN0 is used to obtain the two most probable classes for a test ROI. In the second stage this test ROI is passed through one of the binary neural networks, i.e. NN1 to NN6 corresponding to the two most probable classes predicted by NN0. [...]

Słowa kluczowe

EN

mammography; breast density classification; gray level co-occurrence matrix; neural network classifier; ensemble classifier

PL

mammografia; macierz współwystępowania; sieć neuronowa

• Wydawca: Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences ; Elsevier
• Czasopismo: Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 37, no. 1
• Strony: 217--228
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 62 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kumar I.

• Department of Computer Science and Engineering, G B Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand 246194, India

autor

Bhadauria H. S.

• Department of Computer Science and Engineering, G B Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand 246194, India

autor

Virmani J.

• CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organization, Chandigarh, India

autor

Thakur S.

• Department of Radiology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).