Detection of stellates and masses in digitised mammograms

H.T. Nguyen1, W.T. Hung1, B.S. Thornton1, W. Lee2, A. Rickard3, M.W. Berry4
1Key University Research Strength in Health Technologies, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2Breastscreen NSW-Western, NSW, Australia
3BreastScreen NSW-Central & Eastern Sydney, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW, Australia
4Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee, TN, USA

Tóm tắt

If detected early, breast cancer can be treated with better patient outcomes and significantly lower costs. From recent (1998) retrospective breast cancer studies, in approximately half of missed cases, a minimal sign was already visible on a prior mammogram. Using information technology such as spatial dendrograms (stealth-related technology) and repartment hierarchical identification (successive information peeling), difficult cases of spiculated and stellate tumours can be identified. The techniques are robust to noise and can reveal various layers of biophysical and biomedical differences in a tumour.

Từ khóa

#Breast cancer #Cancer detection #Australia #Costs #Tumors #Lesions #Shape #Brightness #Image segmentation #Hospitals

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