Classification Techniques for Medical Image Analysis and Computer Aided Diagnosis

Chapter 6

A breast tissue characterization framework using PCA and weighted score fusion of neural network classifiers

Indrajeet Kumar^⁎; Jitendra Virmani^†; H.S. Bhadauria^‡; Shruti Thakur^{§    ⁎} Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotia Educational Institutions, Greater Noida, India^† CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh, India^‡ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GB Pant Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pauri, Garhwal, India^§ Department of Radiology, Kamla Nehru Hospital, Shimla, India

Abstract

This work proposes a 4-class breast tissue pattern classification using principal component analysis (PCA) and weighted score fusion of neural network classifiers. The fixed size ROIs are extorted from the middle of the breast around ...