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Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women, and the second main cause of death. Breast cancer screening is an efficient method to detect indeterminate breast lesions early. The common approaches of screening for women are…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-26 Yuliana Jiménez Gaona , María José Rodriguez-Alvarez , Hector Espinó Morató , Darwin Castillo Malla , Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

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

The clinical management of breast cancer depends on an accurate understanding of the tumor and its anatomical context to adjacent tissues and landmark structures. This context may be provided by semantic segmentation methods; however,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-29 Arda Pekis , Vignesh Kannan , Evandros Kaklamanos , Anu Antony , Snehal Patel , Tyler Earnest

Early detection of breast cancer through screening mammography yields a 20-35% increase in survival rate; however, there are not enough radiologists to serve the growing population of women seeking screening mammography. Although commercial…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-24 Stefano Pedemonte , Brent Mombourquette , Alexis Goh , Trevor Tsue , Aaron Long , Sadanand Singh , Thomas Paul Matthews , Meet Shah , Jason Su

Computer-aided detection systems based on deep learning have shown good performance in breast cancer detection. However, high-density breasts show poorer detection performance since dense tissues can mask or even simulate masses. Therefore,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-25 Lidia Garrucho , Kaisar Kushibar , Richard Osuala , Oliver Diaz , Alessandro Catanese , Javier del Riego , Maciej Bobowicz , Fredrik Strand , Laura Igual , Karim Lekadir

Incorporating human domain knowledge for breast tumor diagnosis is challenging, since shape, boundary, curvature, intensity, or other common medical priors vary significantly across patients and cannot be employed. This work proposes a new…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-03 Aleksandar Vakanski , Min Xian , Phoebe Freer

Breast cancer is the most common cancers and early detection from mammography screening is crucial in improving patient outcomes. Assessing mammographic breast density is clinically important as the denser breasts have higher risk and are…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-27 Charles Lu , Ken Chang , Praveer Singh , Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer

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 density assessment is a crucial component of mammographic interpretation, with high breast density (BI-RADS categories C and D) representing both a significant risk factor for developing breast cancer and a technical challenge for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-11 Peyman Sharifian , Xiaotong Hong , Alireza Karimian , Mehdi Amini , Hossein Arabi

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women across the globe. It is difficult to treat if detected at advanced stages, however, early detection can significantly increase chances of survival and improves lives of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-17 Unaiza Sajid , Rizwan Ahmed Khan , Shahid Munir Shah , Sheeraz Arif

In the last few years, deep learning classifiers have shown promising results in image-based medical diagnosis. However, interpreting the outputs of these models remains a challenge. In cancer diagnosis, interpretability can be achieved by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Kangning Liu , Yiqiu Shen , Nan Wu , Jakub Chłędowski , Carlos Fernandez-Granda , Krzysztof J. Geras

Objective: This paper proposes a deep learning model for breast cancer detection from reconstructed images of microwave imaging scan data and aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of breast tumor detection, which could have a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Gayathri Girish , Ponnathota Spandana , Badrish Vasu

Breast cancer is one of the most common and prevalent type of cancer that mainly affects the women population. chances of effective treatment increases with early diagnosis. Mammography is considered one of the effective and proven…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-30 Bilal Ahmed Lodhi

Purpose: To determine whether deep learning models can distinguish between breast cancer molecular subtypes based on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). Materials and methods: In this institutional review…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-12-01 Zhe Zhu , Ehab Albadawy , Ashirbani Saha , Jun Zhang , Michael R. Harowicz , Maciej A. Mazurowski

Background: Breast ultrasound is prominently used in diagnosing breast tumors. At present, many automatic systems based on deep learning have been developed to help radiologists in diagnosis. However, training such systems remains…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Yunxin Tang , Siyuan Tang , Jian Zhang , Hao Chen

One issue with computer based histopathology image analysis is that the size of the raw image is usually very large. Taking the raw image as input to the deep learning model would be computationally expensive while resizing the raw image to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-01 Bolei Xu , Jingxin Liu , Xianxu Hou , Bozhi Liu , Jon Garibaldi , Ian O. Ellis , Andy Green , Linlin Shen , Guoping Qiu

Breast cancer is the most widespread neoplasm among women and early detection of this disease is critical. Deep learning techniques have become of great interest to improve diagnostic performance. However, distinguishing between malignant…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-24 Eleonora Lopez , Filippo Betello , Federico Carmignani , Eleonora Grassucci , Danilo Comminiello

Empirical evaluation of breast tissue biopsies for mitotic nuclei detection is considered an important prognostic biomarker in tumor grading and cancer progression. However, automated mitotic nuclei detection poses several challenges…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-20 Anabia Sohail , Muhammad Ahsan Mukhtar , Asifullah Khan , Muhammad Mohsin Zafar , Aneela Zameer , Saranjam Khan

Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide, with mammography screening as the most effective method for the early detection. Ensuring proper positioning in mammography is critical, as poor…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-16 Toygar Tanyel , Nurper Denizoglu , Mustafa Ege Seker , Deniz Alis , Esma Cerekci , Ercan Karaarslan , Erkin Aribal , Ilkay Oksuz

Deep-learning-based object detection methods show promise for improving screening mammography, but high rates of false positives can hinder their effectiveness in clinical practice. To reduce false positives, we identify three challenges:…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Yen Nhi Truong Vu , Dan Guo , Ahmed Taha , Jason Su , Thomas Paul Matthews