Breast Mass Detection in Digital Mammogram Based on Gestalt Psychology

Table 3

Mass detection performance (number and percentage of patches/ROIs) of different stages in the proposed method.

Data	Unit	Stage 1		Stage 2				Stage 3
		Visual attention		Densification		Shape		Texture
MIAS	Total patches	864	100%	684	79.10%	518	59.95%	218	25.23%
	Positive patches	82	100%	77	93.9%	75	91.46%	71	86.59%
	Negative patches	782	100%	607	77.62%	443	56.67%	147	18.80%
	Total ROIs	256	100%	248	96.88%	189	73.83%	143	55.86%
	Positive ROIs	50	100%	50	100%	48	96%	46	92%
	Negative ROIs	206	100%	198	96.12%	141	68.45%	97	47.09%
DDSM	Total patches	2300	100%	1397	60.74%	1074	46.70%	671	29.17%
	Positive patches	198	100%	185	93.43%	180	90.91%	161	81.31%
	Negative patches	2102	100%	1212	57.66%	894	42.53%	510	24.26%
	Total ROIs	766	100%	690	90.08%	528	68.93%	418	54.57%
	Positive ROIs	144	100%	142	98.61%	137	95.14%	131	90.97%
	Negative ROIs	622	100%	548	88.10%	391	62.86%	287	46.14%