Research Article

A Spatial Shape Constrained Clustering Method for Mammographic Mass Segmentation

Table 3

The convergence time of DACF, DA, and FCM for the segmentation results in Figures 3, 5, and 7, respectively.

Image DACF (sec) DA (sec) FCM (sec)

mdb001 2.78 14.77 9.62
mdb002 0.72 3.27 2.74
mdb005 0.62 2.35 2.19
mdb010 0.58 1.90 1.52
mdb012 0.47 2.37 1.98
mdb015 0.48 2.51 1.84
mdb017 0.48 3.05 2.27
mdb019 0.41 2.10 1.71
mdb021 0.41 5.55 1.07
mdb023 0.67 1.85 1.66
mdb025 0.84 3.35 2.05
mdb028 0.72 3.29 2.63
mdb069 0.58 2.01 1.57
mdb080 0.53 3.90 1.49
mdb091 0.33 1.76 0.53
mdb132-a 0.25 0.82 0.60
mdb132-b 0.31 0.68 0.49
mdb141 0.72 2.80 2.83
mdb142 0.50 2.30 1.26
mdb244 0.39 3.96 1.23
mdb270 0.31 1.43 0.95
mdb290 0.58 3.88 2.43
mdb315 2.06 11.85 7.98