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Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) have had a huge success in many areas of computer vision and medical image analysis. However, there is still an immense potential for performance improvement in mammogram breast cancer detection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-28 Yeman Brhane Hagos , Albert Gubern Merida , Jonas Teuwen

Radiologists typically compare a patient's most recent breast cancer screening exam to their previous ones in making informed diagnoses. To reflect this practice, we propose new neural network models that compare pairs of screening…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-31 Jungkyu Park , Jason Phang , Yiqiu Shen , Nan Wu , S. Gene Kim , Linda Moy , Kyunghyun Cho , Krzysztof J. Geras

A precise assessment of the risk of breast lesions can greatly lower it and assist physicians in choosing the best course of action. To categorise breast lesions, the majority of current computer-aided systems only use characteristics from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-25 Muhaisin Tiyumba Nantogmah , Abdul-Barik Alhassan , Salamudeen Alhassan

Breast cancer is one of the factors that cause the increase of mortality of women. The most widely used method for diagnosing this geological disease i.e. breast cancer is the ultrasound scan. Several key features such as the smoothness and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Mohamed Mejri , Aymen Mejri , Oumayma Mejri , Chiraz Fekih

Detection of malignant lesions on mammography images is extremely important for early breast cancer diagnosis. In clinical practice, images are acquired from two different angles, and radiologists can fully utilize information from both…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-26 Arina Varlamova , Valery Belotsky , Grigory Novikov , Anton Konushin , Evgeny Sidorov

Breast cancer is a major cause of cancer death among women, emphasising the importance of early detection for improved treatment outcomes and quality of life. Mammography, the primary diagnostic imaging test, poses challenges due to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-03 Yijun Yang , Shujun Wang , Lihao Liu , Sarah Hickman , Fiona J Gilbert , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Angelica I. Aviles-Rivero

Pathologic analysis of surgical excision specimens for breast carcinoma is important to evaluate the completeness of surgical excision and has implications for future treatment. This analysis is performed manually by pathologists reviewing…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-22 David Joon Ho , Dig V. K. Yarlagadda , Timothy M. D'Alfonso , Matthew G. Hanna , Anne Grabenstetter , Peter Ntiamoah , Edi Brogi , Lee K. Tan , Thomas J. Fuchs

Neural networks have been known for a long time as a tool for different types of classification, but only just in the last decade they have showed their entire power. Along with appearing of hardware that is capable to support demanding…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-16 Marija Prokopijević , Aleksandar Stančić , Jelena Vasiljević , Željko Stojković , Goran Dimić , Jelena Sopta , Dalibor Ristić , Dhinaharan Nagamalai

The focus of this paper is to review approaches for segmentation of breast regions in mammograms according to breast density. Studies based on density have been undertaken because of the relationship between breast cancer and density.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-09-26 Nafiza Saidin , Harsa Amylia Mat Sakim , Umi Kalthum Ngah , Ibrahim Lutfi Shuaib

Interpretability in machine learning models is important in high-stakes decisions, such as whether to order a biopsy based on a mammographic exam. Mammography poses important challenges that are not present in other computer vision tasks:…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Alina Jade Barnett , Fides Regina Schwartz , Chaofan Tao , Chaofan Chen , Yinhao Ren , Joseph Y. Lo , Cynthia Rudin

In healthcare, it is essential to explain the decision-making process of machine learning models to establish the trustworthiness of clinicians. This paper introduces BI-RADS-Net, a novel explainable deep learning approach for cancer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-11 Boyu Zhang , Aleksandar Vakanski , Min Xian

Machine learning (ML) is a branch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) where computers analyze data and find patterns in the data. The study focuses on the detection of metastatic cancer using ML. Metastatic cancer is the point where the cancer…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-09-20 Bliss Singhal , Fnu Pooja

Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) has long become an integral part of radiological management of breast disease, facilitating a number of important clinical applications, including quantitative assessment of breast density and early detection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Hossein Soleimani , Oleg V. Michailovich

A definitive diagnosis of a brain tumour is essential for enhancing treatment success and patient survival. However, it is difficult to manually evaluate multiple magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images generated in a clinic. Therefore,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-04-27 Amin Abdollahi Dehkordi , Mina Hashemi , Mehdi Neshat , Seyedali Mirjalili , Ali Safaa Sadiq

Breast cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Early and accurate diagnosis of breast cancer may significantly increase the survival rate of patients. In this study, we aim to develop a fully…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-27 Sara Hosseinzadeh Kassani , Peyman Hosseinzadeh Kassani , Michal J. Wesolowski , Kevin A. Schneider , Ralph Deters

Data scarcity hinders deep learning for medical imaging. We propose a framework for breast cancer classification in thermograms that addresses this using a Diffusion Probabilistic Model (DPM) for data augmentation. Our DPM-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Sepehr Salem , M. Moein Esfahani , Jingyu Liu , Vince Calhoun

Data limitation is a significant challenge in applying deep learning to medical images. Recently, the diffusion probabilistic model (DPM) has shown the potential to generate high-quality images by converting Gaussian random noise into…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-26 Sepehr Salem Ghahfarokhi , Tyrell To , Julie Jorns , Tina Yen , Bing Yu , Dong Hye Ye

Automated breast cancer detection via computer vision techniques is challenging due to the complex nature of breast tissue, the subtle appearance of cancerous lesions, and variations in breast density. Mainstream techniques primarily focus…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-12-11 Noor Ul Huda Shah , Tanveer Hussain , Amr Ahmed , Yonghuai Liu , Usman Ali , Ardhendu Behera

Breast cancer is one of the most serious types of cancer that can occur in women. The automatic diagnosis of breast cancer by analyzing histological images (HIs) is important for patients and their prognosis. The classification of HIs…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-02 Hayder A. Khikani , Naira Elazab , Ahmed Elgarayhi , Mohammed Elmogy , Mohammed Sallah

This research aims to investigate the classification accuracy of various state-of-the-art image classification models across different categories of breast ultrasound images, as defined by the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-16 Malitha Gunawardhana , Norbert Zolek