A review of breast boundary and pectoral muscle segmentation methods in computer-aided detection/diagnosis of breast mammography

• Main Authors: Moghbel, Mehrdad, Ooi, Chia Yee, Ismail, Nordinah, Hau, Yuan Wen, Memari, Nogol
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Nature B.V. 2020
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89819/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10462-019-09721-8

Mammography can be considered as the current gold standard for detecting early signs of breast cancer and is in wide use throughout the world. As confirmed by many studies, breast cancer screening using mammography can reduce breast cancer-related mortality by 30–70%. However, although the interpret...