Soheil Pashoutan, Fazael Ayatollahi, S. B. Shokouhi
{"title":"Tumor Classification in Breast Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) Using the Level Set–Based Segmentation Method and Gabor-Haralik Feature","authors":"Soheil Pashoutan, Fazael Ayatollahi, S. B. Shokouhi","doi":"10.30699/ACADPUB.IJBD.11.04.65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30699/ACADPUB.IJBD.11.04.65","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Breast cancer can be considered as the most common cancer among women in the world. Hence, finding appropriate diagnosis methods is a critical and sensitive challenge in the health of the human community. Various methods have been proposed for breast screening in women, and one of the safest methods is magnetic resonance imaging. Tumors do not have morphological features of their own. Therefore, differentiating between benign and malignant lesions is normally very time-consuming and difficult. In this study, a computer-aided autodiagnosis system is developed for diagnosis and classification of axial magnetic resonance images of the breast in two classes of benign and malignant. Methods: Initially, suspected parts of the lesion were separated as a rectangular box around the lesion by an experienced radiologist. Then, we used, for the first time, a level set–based algorithm to precisely separate the lesion considering the unevenness of the images and to remove false positive regions using morphological operations and removing veins. In the next stage, four groups of features expressing particular states of the lesion structure are extracted from the separated parts of the lesions. These four groups are textural, kinetic, frequency, and morphological features. Here a new group of features called the Gabor-Haralik features, which present a particular efficiency, was extracted for each lesion. Finally, MLP classification was used to classify the lesions. Results: The proposed method was tested on 46 lesions. By utilizing Gabor-Haralik features, we achieved mean sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and F-measure of 95.41, 90.70, 92.76, and 92.19%, respectively. Conclusion: The performance measures indicate the efficiency of the proposed diagnosis system for classification of benign and malignant breast lesions in magnetic resonance imaging.","PeriodicalId":36641,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88329631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zahra Afkhami, Seyed Mohsen Mirbod, Z. Rezaeian, G. Sarhan, S. Shiryazdi, Hamze Baharluee
{"title":"Effect of a Rehabilitation Program with or Without Kinesio Tape on Shoulder Pain and Function After Mastectomy in Women with Breast Cancer","authors":"Zahra Afkhami, Seyed Mohsen Mirbod, Z. Rezaeian, G. Sarhan, S. Shiryazdi, Hamze Baharluee","doi":"10.30699/ACADPUB.IJBD.11.04.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30699/ACADPUB.IJBD.11.04.7","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Surgery is the main treatment, and patients may experience some complications after surgery, including pain and shoulder function limitation. The severity of these complications is greater in modified radical mastectomy. In various studies, Kinesio Tape (KT) has been introduced as a supporting and complementary method in rehabilitation after surgeries. The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of a rehabilitation program with or without KT on shoulder pain and function after mastectomy in women with breast cancer. Methods: This study was a double-blind randomized clinical trial (RCT). In this study, 20 participants were randomly assigned to 2 groups. The intervention started the first day after surgery. One of the groups (n = 10) received therapeutic exercise program, and the other group (n = 10) received therapeutic exercise program as well as lymphatic correction with fan-shaped KT over a four-week period. KT was attached to the upper limb of the surgical side, the effects of the interventions were examined from two aspects of shoulder pain and function (based on the SPADI questionnaire). Results: The findings of the study indicated that both groups had significant improvements in pain and function after the four-week period of intervention. The improvement in shoulder function was significantly greater in the exercise + KT group (p < 0.05), although there was no significant difference between the two groups in shoulder pain (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The use of fan-shaped KT with therapeutic exercises is recommended for improving the shoulder function after a modified radical mastectomy.","PeriodicalId":36641,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88202192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sanaz Elahi Nejad, Shahrokh Makvand-Hosseini, P. Sabahi
{"title":"Effect of Neurofeedback Therapy versus Group Reality Therapy on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms among Women with Breast Cancer: A Clinical Trial Study","authors":"Sanaz Elahi Nejad, Shahrokh Makvand-Hosseini, P. Sabahi","doi":"10.30699/ACADPUB.IJBD.11.04.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30699/ACADPUB.IJBD.11.04.39","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The aim of the current research was to compare the effectiveness of neurofeedback therapy and reality therapy in improving the psychological symptoms of depression and state-trait anxiety in women with breast cancer. Methods: In a clinical trial with a pretest-posttest and follow-up design, 45 of 135 breast cancer patients in Amol city in 2017 were enrolled after controlling for inclusion/exclusion criteria. Subjects were randomly divided into 3 groups: reality therapy, neurofeedback therapy, and control. All participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) at 3 time points. Data were analyzed using a MANCOVA test. Results: Significant differences were observed in the mean DPI and STAI scores among the three groups at posttreatment. Lower mean posttest depression scores were obtained for the two therapy groups compared with the control group, with better results for the reality therapy (p<0.05). The mean STAI score was significantly lower for the reality therapy group than for the control group (p<0.05), while only a positive trend was observed for the neurofeedback. In sum, a significant improvement of 2.28 to 6.64 points relative to baseline was observed in the mean depression and anxiety scores after the psychological therapies. These therapeutic effects even increased over the 4 months of follow-up, indicating the consistency of therapeutic effects for both treatments (p<0.05). Conclusion: The reality therapy and neurofeedback therapy could effectively decrease state-trait anxiety and depression symptoms in breast cancer patients, with robust effects for reality therapy, and are recommended to these patients. Given the economy and availability of reality therapy, we recommend reality therapy as an adjunct treatment for breast cancer patients.","PeriodicalId":36641,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases","volume":"438 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76671656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Local Recurrence After Surgery","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_54","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36641,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78763143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prevention: Behavioral Measures and Habits","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36641,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85515934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Percutaneous Biopsies: Histopathological Aspects","authors":"F. Aguiar, F. Carvalho","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36641,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78778465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-epithelial Tumors","authors":"M. Pedrosa","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_48","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_48","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36641,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90509963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multifocal, Multicentric, and Bilateral Carcinoma","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_52","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36641,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73387018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adjuvant Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer","authors":"S. Simon, Pedro H. Z. de Moraes, V. G. D. Aguiar","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_59","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36641,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84384269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autologous Fat Grafting in the Breast: Lipofilling","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_39","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36641,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86644989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}