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Genetic Optimization of Morphological Filters with Applications in Breast Cancer Detection

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Applications of Evolutionary Computing (EvoWorkshops 2004)

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In this paper we apply genetic algorithms to morphological filter optimization. The validation of the method is illustrated by performing experiments with synthetic images, whose optimal filter is known. Applications to microscopic images of breast tissue are reported. The medical problem consists in the discrimination between cancerous tissue and normal one.

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  1. Dept. of Technology, Örebro University, Sweden

    Lucia Ballerini

  2. Dept. of Pathology, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden

    Lennart Franzén

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  1. Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstraße 9–11/1861, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Günther R. Raidl

  2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università di Parma,  

    Stefano Cagnoni

  3. Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Jürgen Branke

  4. School of Mathematical and Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 8AS, Edinburgh, UK

    David Wolfe Corne

  5. Institute of Computer Science, University of Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Rolf Drechsler

  6. Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Offenbach/Main, Germany

    Yaochu Jin

  7. Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

    Colin G. Johnson

  8. CISUC, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Polo II of the University of Coimbra, 3030, Coimbra, Portugal

    Penousal Machado

  9. ICIS, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  10. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

    Franz Rothlauf

  11. School of Computing Sciences, UEA Norwich, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK

    George D. Smith

  12. Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

    Giovanni Squillero

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Ballerini, L., Franzén, L. (2004). Genetic Optimization of Morphological Filters with Applications in Breast Cancer Detection. In: Raidl, G.R., et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computing. EvoWorkshops 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24653-4_26

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