Research Article

A Spatial Shape Constrained Clustering Method for Mammographic Mass Segmentation

Table 2

The probability of segmentation error (PSE) by DACF, DA, and FCM on fifteen ROIs with ill-defined masses in Figure 2.

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

mdb013 3.67 7.16 9.03
mdb030 9.05 27.63 25.84
mdb032 7.74 10.70 10.64
mdb058 3.15 5.43 7.76
mdb063 2.23 15.90 12.48
mdb134 9.34 8.94 8.11
mdb144-a 14.08 14.10 14.51
mdb144-b 2.47 4.42 4.54
mdb264 6.78 8.55 9.53
mdb265 18.83 26.57 26.58
mdb267 10.51 18.32 15.57
mdb271 8.15 12.70 12.49
mdb274 11.76 19.87 20.15
mdb312 5.93 16.33 9.12
mdb314 7.23 11.77 13.56

Average of PSE 8.06 13.61 13.33