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Table 1 Performance comparison of clustering methods for breast cancer detection

From: Fuzzy technique for microcalcifications clustering in digital mammograms

Author

Clustering method

N. of mammograms (clusters)

Sensitivity

Accuracy

FP/Im

Precision

Nishikawa [[12]]

Spatial clustering

78 (41)

85%

-

-

-

Cihan [[16]]

Subtractive clustering

34 (72)

93%

-

-

-

Riyahi [[17]]

Wavelet transform and Fuzzy clustering

47 (47)

87%

-

0.5%

-

Cordella [[18]]

Graph-theoretical cluster analysis

40 (102)

94%

-

-

100%

Wang [[19]]

EFCM

180

-

99.7%

-

-

Quintanilla [[20]]

PFCM and ANN

-

98.2%

99.5%

-

-

Malar [[21]]

Wavelet and ELM

55

-

94%

 

-

Cheng [[22]]

FLSS

40 (105)

-

> 97%

14%

-

Our method (Private database)

FCM-WF

39 (39)

93%

95%

4%

62%

Our method (MIAS database)

FCM-WF

20(25)

82%

94%

4%

65%