Automatic Detection and Classification of Breast Tumors in Ultrasonic Images Using Texture and Morphological Features

Table 1: Texture and Morphologic Features Extracted

Feature	Feature Definition	Feature Distribution
Feature	Feature Definition	Benign	Malignant
T_σ_tumor	the σ of ^gray_tumor	Smaller	Larger
T_σ_edge	the σ of gray_edge	Larger	Smaller
T_RltRrt	^gray_tumor/^gray_edge	Larger	Smaller
M_compt	4AreaPerimeter2	Larger	Smaller
M_spicu	=04R/=42R	Larger	Smaller
M_lobus	#{local extrema in r(θ)}	Fewer	More
M_rectlike	area_tumor/area_rect	Larger	Smaller
M_eccent	L_short/L_short	Smaller	Larger