Role of image thermography in early breast cancer detection-Past, present and future

D Singh, AK Singh - Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the most prevalent cancers among women is the breast cancer. Accurate diagnosis
of breast cancer at an early stage can reduce the mortality associated with this disease …

Computer-aided diagnosis for the identification of breast cancer using thermogram images: A comprehensive review

U Raghavendra, A Gudigar, TN Rao, EJ Ciaccio… - Infrared Physics & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is a cancer that can form in the cells of breasts. It is much more common in
females than in males. The typical periods of cancer development are during puberty …

Breast thermography from an image processing viewpoint: A survey

TB Borchartt, A Conci, RCF Lima, R Resmini… - Signal processing, 2013 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women. This fact justifies researches to
reach early diagnosis, improving patients' life expectancy. Moreover, there are other …

Asymmetry analysis of breast thermograms using automated segmentation and texture features

D Sathish, S Kamath, K Prasad, R Kadavigere… - Signal, Image and Video …, 2017 - Springer
In this article, we present a new approach for breast thermogram image analysis by
developing a fully automatic segmentation of right and left breast for asymmetry analysis …

Role of normalization of breast thermogram images and automatic classification of breast cancer

D Sathish, S Kamath, K Prasad, R Kadavigere - The Visual Computer, 2019 - Springer
Breast thermography is a non-invasive imaging technique used for early detection of breast
cancer based on temperatures. Temperature matrix of breast provides minute variations in …

Breast abnormality detection through statistical feature analysis using infrared thermograms

UR Gogoi, G Majumdar, MK Bhowmik… - 2015 international …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The utilization of medical infrared thermography in breast abnormality detection is mostly
due to its radiation-free, non-invasive and painless nature. Infrared breast thermography is …

Singular value based characterization and analysis of thermal patches for early breast abnormality detection

UR Gogoi, MK Bhowmik, D Bhattacharjee… - Australasian physical & …, 2018 - Springer
The purpose of this study is to develop a novel breast abnormality detection system by
utilizing the potential of infrared breast thermography (IBT) in early breast abnormality …

Texture analysis of breast thermogram for differentiation of malignant and benign breast

S Pramanik, D Bhattacharjee… - … conference on advances …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we developed a new local texture feature extraction technique, called block
variance (BV), for texture analysis in the thermal breast image. Then, present a method …

A study and analysis of hybrid intelligent techniques for breast cancer detection using breast thermograms

UR Gogoi, MK Bhowmik, D Bhattacharjee… - Hybrid Soft Computing …, 2016 - Springer
The growing incidence and mortality rate of breast cancer draw the attention of the
researchers to develop a technique for improving the survival rate of the cancer patients …

LINPE-BL: A local descriptor and broad learning for identification of abnormal breast thermograms

S Pramanik, D Bhattacharjee… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel local feature descriptor coined as a local instant-and-center-
symmetric neighbor-based pattern of the extrema-images (LINPE) to detect breast …