| 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 p1 in the selected region having a temperature T1 pixel, where T1 <= T1 pixel <= - T2 is determined. A percentage of pixels p2 in the selected region having a temperature T2 pixel, where T3 <= T2 pixel, is determined. A ratio p3 = P edge / P block is also determined, where P edge is a number of pixels around a border of a suspected tumor within the selected region, and P block is 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. |