Breast type identification device, method, and program
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorTakafumi Koike
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Abstract
A first detection unit detects a breast region and a skin line from a breast image, and a first index value calculation unit calculates a first index value indicating the single composition degree of the breast region. A second detection unit detects a boundary between the adipose tissue and the mammary gland tissue in a predetermined range from the skin line toward the inside of the breast region in the breast image. A second index value acquisition unit acquires a second index value indicating the degree of clogging of mammary glands with respect to the breast region based on at least one of the strength of the boundary or the distance from the skin line. An identification unit identifies the type of the breast based on the first and second index values.
Claims8
A breast type identification device, executed by a plurality of integrated circuits comprising:
- a first detection unit to detect a breast region and a skin line from a breast image obtained by imaging a breast with radiation;
- a first index value acquisition unit to acquire a first index value indicating a single composition degree of the breast region;
- a second detection unit to detect a boundary between an adipose tissue and a mammary gland tissue in a predetermined range and generate a line profile at a plurality of positions from the skin line toward an inside of the breast region in the breast image;
- a second index value acquisition unit to acquire a second index value indicating a degree of clogging of mammary glands with respect to the breast region based on at least one of a strength of the boundary or a distance from the skin line in each of the plurality of the line profiles;
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- an identification unit to identify a type of the breast based on the first and second index values.
A breast type identification method, comprising using one or more processors for:
- detecting a breast region and a skin line from a breast image obtained by imaging a breast with radiation;
- acquiring a first index value indicating a single composition degree of the breast region;
- detecting a boundary between an adipose tissue and a mammary gland tissue in a predetermined range and generates a line profile at a plurality of positions from the skin line toward an inside of the breast region in the breast image;
- acquiring a second index value indicating a degree of clogging of mammary glands with respect to the breast region based on at least one of a strength of the boundary or a distance from the skin line in each of the plurality of the line profiles;
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- identifying a type of the breast based on the first and second index values.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a breast type identification program causing a computer to execute:
- detecting a breast region and a skin line from a breast image obtained by imaging a breast with radiation;
- acquiring a first index value indicating a single composition degree of the breast region;
- detecting a boundary between an adipose tissue and a mammary gland tissue in a predetermined range and generating a line profile at a plurality of positions from the skin line toward an inside of the breast region in the breast image;
- acquiring a second index value indicating a degree of clogging of mammary glands with respect to the breast region based on at least one of a strength of the boundary or a distance from the skin line in each of the plurality of the line profiles;
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- identifying a type of the breast based on the first and second index values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.