Research Article

A Spatial Shape Constrained Clustering Method for Mammographic Mass Segmentation

Table 1

The probability of segmentation error (PSE) by DACF, DA, and FCM on twenty-three ROIs with well-defined masses in Figure 1.

Image PSE of DACF PSE of DA PSE of FCM
(%) (%) (%)

mdb001 4.87 11.70 12.12
mdb002 28.88 32.58 32.15
mdb005 3.40 6.94 6.27
mdb010 2.61 9.33 8.2
mdb012 8.43 12.97 12.49
mdb015 5.18 7.30 6.83
mdb017 6.38 16.00 17.03
mdb019 9.48 19.17 17.50
mdb021 6.71 11.21 10.46
mdb023 1.31 4.58 3.33
mdb025 4.65 3.65 4.79
mdb028 4.47 6.42 6.20
mdb069 7.42 11.12 12.34
mdb080 2.57 12.32 15.61
mdb091 2.17 7.69 10.51
mdb132-a 4.25 7.75 10.12
mdb132-b 5.16 7.92 8.67
mdb141 3.67 18.55 17.93
mdb142 1.68 4.81 5.79
mdb244 17.25 29.69 30.36
mdb270 21.45 29.67 32.87
mdb290 10.99 12.20 12.19
mdb315 2.24 16.25 12.62

Average of PSE 7.18 13.04 13.32