Detection of Bone Metastases Using FCM and Edge Detection Algorithm
Keywords:
Bone scintigraphy, cancer, computer aided diagnosis, edge detection, metastasis.Abstract
Cancer diseases are one of the worst diseases
threatening the human lives for many years. There is not an effective method of preventing these cancer diseases. However, early cancer detection and diagnosis play an important role in reducing the death rates. Bone scintigraphy scan is one of the most common diagnostic procedures in nuclear medicine. In general, physician experts evaluate the images manually. In these cases, the variation of diseases, which are measured for different times, cannot be determined properly. For that reason, we proposed a method to diagnose the diseases by using Fuzzy C-Means clustering and image processing techniques. In experimental studies, we evaluated the bone scintigraphy of twelve patients who are dealing with breast and prostate cancers. We determined the locations and areas of bone involvements. Also, the deviations of diseases along the times are automatically showed in the software.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
