Comparison of mammogram images using different quantization methods

E. T. Y. Chen; James Lee; Alan C. Nelson

doi:10.1117/12.148661

29 July 1993 Comparison of mammogram images using different quantization methods

E. T. Y. Chen, James Lee, Alan C. Nelson

Proceedings Volume 1905, Biomedical Image Processing and Biomedical Visualization; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148661
Event: IS&T/SPIE's Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1993, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Special devices with higher quantization resolution are needed to display or process most medical images. In this paper, we compare three different quantization approaches for mammogram images in order to process them in 8 bits/pixel resolution. Since microcalcification is one of the most important indications of risk of breast cancer, a simple shift operation (uniform quantization) cannot retain this vital information. Quantization based on the local histogram will give better results but at the price of more computation.

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E. T. Y. Chen, James Lee, and Alan C. Nelson "Comparison of mammogram images using different quantization methods", Proc. SPIE 1905, Biomedical Image Processing and Biomedical Visualization, (29 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148661

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