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	@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7419,
	  title     = {Boundary Segmentation of Microcalcification using Parametric Active Contours},
	  author    = {Abdul Kadir Jumaat and  Siti Salmah Yasiran and  Wan Eny Zarina Wan Abd Rahman and  Aminah Abdul Malek},
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	  abstract     = {A mammography image is composed of low contrast area where the breast tissues and the breast abnormalities such as microcalcification can hardly be differentiated by the medical practitioner. This paper presents the application of active contour models (Snakes) for the segmentation of microcalcification in mammography images. Comparison on the microcalcifiation areas segmented by the Balloon Snake, Gradient Vector Flow (GVF) Snake, and Distance Snake is done against the true value of the microcalcification area. The true area value is the average microcalcification area in the original mammography image traced by the expert radiologists. From fifty images tested, the result obtained shows that the accuracy of the Balloon Snake, GVF Snake, and Distance Snake in segmenting boundaries of microcalcification are 96.01%, 95.74%, and 95.70% accuracy respectively. This implies that the Balloon Snake is a better segmentation method to locate the exact boundary of a microcalcification region.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Sciences},
	  volume    = {6},
	  number    = {8},
	  year      = {2012},
	  pages     = {1010 - 1014},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7419},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/68},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 68, 2012},
	}