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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2015
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Krithika Venkataramani, Bangalore, IN;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
What is disclosed is a system and method for detecting cancerous tissue in breast tissue using a thermal image. In one embodiment, the present tumor detection method involves selecting a region of interest in the thermal image to be processed for breast cancer screening. Thereafter, a percentage of pixels pin the selected region having a temperature T, where T≦T≦T, is determined. A percentage of pixels pin the selected region having a temperature T, where T≦T, is determined. A ratio is also determined, where Pis a number of pixels around a border of a suspected tumor within the selected region, and Pis a number of pixels in a perimeter of the selected region. A decision fusion rule R, as more fully disclosed herein, is utilized to determine, based on these determination whether tissue within that region is cancerous, or non-cancerous, or is suspicious of being cancerous.