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Accurate breast lesion risk estimation can significantly reduce unnecessary biopsies and help doctors decide optimal treatment plans. Most existing computer-aided systems rely solely on mammogram features to classify breast lesions. While…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-24 Hung Q. Vo , Pengyu Yuan , Tiancheng He , Stephen T. C. Wong , Hien V. Nguyen

Detecting and classifying lesions in breast ultrasound images is a promising application of artificial intelligence (AI) for reducing the burden of cancer in regions with limited access to mammography. Such AI systems are more likely to be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Arianna Bunnell , Yannik Glaser , Dustin Valdez , Thomas Wolfgruber , Aleen Altamirano , Carol Zamora González , Brenda Y. Hernandez , Peter Sadowski , John A. Shepherd

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

Mammography is the most widely used method to screen breast cancer. Because of its mostly manual nature, variability in mass appearance, and low signal-to-noise ratio, a significant number of breast masses are missed or misdiagnosed. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-12-05 Daniel Lévy , Arzav Jain

We suggest that deep learning can be used for pre-screening cancer by analyzing demographic and anthropometric information of patients, as well as biological markers obtained from routine blood samples and relative risks obtained from…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-02-07 Rolando Gonzales Martinez , Daan-Max van Dongen

We present a deep convolutional neural network for breast cancer screening exam classification, trained and evaluated on over 200,000 exams (over 1,000,000 images). Our network achieves an AUC of 0.895 in predicting whether there is a…

A major limitation in applying deep learning to artificial intelligence (AI) systems is the scarcity of high-quality curated datasets. We investigate strong augmentation based self-supervised learning (SSL) techniques to address this…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-18 John D. Miller , Vignesh A. Arasu , Albert X. Pu , Laurie R. Margolies , Weiva Sieh , Li Shen

Regular mammography screening is essential for early breast cancer detection. Deep learning-based risk prediction methods have sparked interest to adjust screening intervals for high-risk groups. While early methods focused only on current…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-25 Solveig Thrun , Stine Hansen , Zijun Sun , Nele Blum , Suaiba A. Salahuddin , Kristoffer Wickstrøm , Elisabeth Wetzer , Robert Jenssen , Maik Stille , Michael Kampffmeyer

Accurate breast cancer diagnosis through mammography has the potential to save millions of lives around the world. Deep learning (DL) methods have shown to be very effective for mass detection in mammograms. Additional improvements of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-25 Adarsh Sehgal , Muskan Sehgal , Hung Manh La , George Bebis

Regular mammography screening is crucial for early breast cancer detection. By leveraging deep learning-based risk models, screening intervals can be personalized, especially for high-risk individuals. While recent methods increasingly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Solveig Thrun , Stine Hansen , Zijun Sun , Nele Blum , Suaiba A. Salahuddin , Xin Wang , Kristoffer Wickstrøm , Elisabeth Wetzer , Robert Jenssen , Maik Stille , Michael Kampffmeyer

Breast cancer screening, primarily conducted through mammography, is often supplemented with ultrasound for women with dense breast tissue. However, existing deep learning models analyze each modality independently, missing opportunities to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-16 Yiqiu Shen , Jungkyu Park , Frank Yeung , Eliana Goldberg , Laura Heacock , Farah Shamout , Krzysztof J. Geras

This paper provides a critical review of the literature on deep learning applications in breast tumor diagnosis using ultrasound and mammography images. It also summarizes recent advances in computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems, which…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-05 Yuliana Jiménez-Gaona , María José Rodríguez-Álvarez , Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

We propose a method for effectively utilizing weakly annotated image data in an object detection tasks of breast ultrasound images. Given the problem setting where a small, strongly annotated dataset and a large, weakly annotated dataset…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-20 JooYeol Yun , JungWoo Oh , IlDong Yun

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death after lung cancer in women. Early detection of breast cancer in X-ray mammography is believed to have effectively reduced the mortality rate. However, a relatively high false…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-16 Xuejiao Tang , Liuhua Zhang , Wenbin Zhang , Xin Huang , Vasileios Iosifidis , Zhen Liu , Mingli Zhang , Enza Messina , Ji Zhang

Mammography, an X-ray-based imaging technique, remains central to the early detection of breast cancer. Recent advances in artificial intelligence have enabled increasingly sophisticated computer-aided diagnostic methods, evolving from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-09 Daniel G. P. Petrini , Hae Yong Kim

Breast cancer is one of the most common cause of deaths among women. Mammography is a widely used imaging modality that can be used for cancer detection in its early stages. Deep learning is widely used for the detection of cancerous masses…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-08 Ahmed Rasheed , Muhammad Shahzad Younis , Junaid Qadir , Muhammad Bilal

Mammography-based screening has helped reduce the breast cancer mortality rate, but has also been associated with potential harms due to low specificity, leading to unnecessary exams or procedures, and low sensitivity. Digital breast…

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

Breast density is an important risk factor for breast cancer that also affects the specificity and sensitivity of screening mammography. Current federal legislation mandates reporting of breast density for all women undergoing breast…

Breast cancer (BC) significantly contributes to cancer-related mortality in women, underscoring the criticality of early detection for optimal patient outcomes. A mammography is a key tool for identifying and diagnosing breast…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-31 Muhammad Yaqub , Feng Jinchao

Breast cancer is a serious disease that inflicts millions of people each year, and the number of cases is increasing. Early detection is the best way to reduce the impact of the disease. Researchers have developed many techniques to detect…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Mosab S. M. Farea , zhe chen