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Systematic Review Article

Digital Mammograms with Image Enhancement Techniques for Breast Cancer Detection: A Systematic Review

Author(s): Saifullah Harith Suradi* and Kamarul Amin Abdullah

Volume 17, Issue 9, 2021

Published on: 27 January, 2021

Page: [1078 - 1084] Pages: 7

DOI: 10.2174/1573405617666210127101101

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Abstract

Background: Digital mammograms with appropriate image enhancement techniques will improve breast cancer detection, and thus increase the survival rates. The objectives of this study were to systematically review and compare various image enhancement techniques in digital mammograms for breast cancer detection.

Methods: A literature search was conducted with the use of three online databases namely, Web of Science, Scopus, and ScienceDirect. Developed keywords strategy was used to include only the relevant articles. A Population Intervention Comparison Outcomes (PICO) strategy was used to develop the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Image quality was analyzed quantitatively based on peak signal-noise-ratio (PSNR), Mean Squared Error (MSE), Absolute Mean Brightness Error (AMBE), Entropy, and Contrast Improvement Index (CII) values.

Results: Nine studies with four types of image enhancement techniques were included in this study. Two studies used histogram-based, three studies used frequency-based, one study used fuzzy-based and three studies used filter-based techniques. All studies reported PSNR values whilst only four studies reported MSE, AMBE, Entropy, and CII values. Filter-based was the highest PSNR values of 78.93, among other types. For MSE, AMBE, Entropy, and CII values, the highest were frequency-based (7.79), fuzzy-based (93.76), filter-based (7.92), and frequency-based (6.54) respectively.

Conclusion: In summary, image quality for each image enhancement technique is varied, especially for breast cancer detection. In this study, the frequency-based of Fast Discrete Curvelet Transform (FDCT) via the UnequiSpaced Fast Fourier Transform (USFFT) shows the most superior among other image enhancement techniques.

Keywords: Breast cancer screening, breast carcinoma, breast imaging, contrast enhancement, microcalcifications, image processing.

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