TY - JOUR T1 - Removal of Pectoral Muscle Region in Mammogram Image by Metaheuristic Algorithm-Monkey Search Optimization (MSO) AU - Suguna, S. Kanimozhi AU - Maheswari, S. Uma JO - Asian Journal of Information Technology VL - 13 IS - 4 SP - 252 EP - 259 PY - 2014 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1682-3915 DO - ajit.2014.252.259 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2014.252.259 KW - MSO KW -climb KW -watch and jump KW -cooperation KW -somersault KW -stochastic perturbation mechanism KW -termination AB - In this study, a different approach based on Metaheuristic algorithm is presented for removing pectoral muscle region in mammogram image is carried out using image segmentation process. The foraging behavior of monkey is optimized as Monkey Search Optimization (MSO) which is the subset of metaheuristic algorithm. To solve complex problems by cooperation the behaviors of nature is considered. Several algorithms based on population-based metaheuristic algorithms were introduced in the literature to solve different problems like optimization problems; it is proven by result that the proposed approach has the potential to be an appropriate algorithm for image segmentation. Results are presented based on simulation made with the implementation in MATLAB which is tested on the images of MIAS database. ER -