Vision-based breast self-examination hand interaction tracking using sparse optical flow and genetic algorithm

• Main Authors: Cabatuan, Melvin K., Masilang, Rey, Gan Lim, Laurence A., Dadios, Elmer Jose P., Naguib, Raouf N. G.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Breast—Examination; Self-examination, Medical; Breast—Cancer; Computer vision; Genetic algorithms; Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2380
• Institution: De La Salle University

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality among women worldwide. Breast self-examination (BSE) is among the methods that can raise breast awareness, especially in developing countries where the resources are limited. However, there's currently no objective characterization of BSE p...