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Mammographic breast density, a parameter used to describe the proportion of breast tissue fibrosis, is widely adopted as an evaluation characteristic of the likelihood of breast cancer incidence. In this study, we present a radiomics…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-28 Jingxu Xu , Cheng Li , Yongjin Zhou , Lisha Mou , Hairong Zheng , Shanshan Wang

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

Mammography is the primary imaging modality used for early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. X-ray mammogram analysis mainly refers to the localization of suspicious regions of interest followed by segmentation, towards further…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-09 Yutong Yan , Pierre-Henri Conze , Gwenolé Quellec , Mathieu Lamard , Béatrice Cochener , Gouenou Coatrieux

Cancer has become one of the most widespread diseases in the world. Specifically, breast cancer is diagnosed more often than any other type of cancer. However, breast cancer patients and their individual tumors are often unique. Identifying…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2016-12-06 Chenzhe Qian

Breast cancer is a common cancer for women. Early detection of breast cancer can considerably increase the survival rate of women. This paper mainly focuses on transfer learning process to detect breast cancer. Modified VGG (MVGG), residual…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-13 Aditya Khamparia , Subrato Bharati , Prajoy Podder , Deepak Gupta , Ashish Khanna , Thai Kim Phung , Dang N. H. Thanh

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 computer-aided detection (CADe) system for the identification of microcalcification clusters in digital mammograms has been developed. It is mainly based on the application of wavelet transforms for image filtering and neural networks for…

Medical Physics · Physics 2009-04-15 P. Delogu , M. E. Fantacci , A. Retico , A. Stefanini , A. Tata

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

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality among women worldwide. Early detection and risk assessment play a crucial role in improving survival rates. Therefore, annual or biennial mammograms are often recommended for screening…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-01 Batuhan K. Karaman , Katerina Dodelzon , Gozde B. Akar , Mert R. Sabuncu

Digital mammography is essential to breast cancer detection, and deep learning offers promising tools for faster and more accurate mammogram analysis. In radiology and other high-stakes environments, uninterpretable ("black box") deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Julia Yang , Alina Jade Barnett , Jon Donnelly , Satvik Kishore , Jerry Fang , Fides Regina Schwartz , Chaofan Chen , Joseph Y. Lo , Cynthia Rudin

The appearance of microcalcifications in mammograms is one of the early signs of breast cancer. So, early detection of microcalcification clusters (MCCs) in mammograms can be helpful for cancer diagnosis and better treatment of breast…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-01-31 Hajar Moradmand , Saeed Setayeshi , Hossein Khazaei Targhi

Breast cancer has reached the highest incidence rate worldwide among all malignancies since 2020. Breast imaging plays a significant role in early diagnosis and intervention to improve the outcome of breast cancer patients. In the past…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-23 Luyang Luo , Xi Wang , Yi Lin , Xiaoqi Ma , Andong Tan , Ronald Chan , Varut Vardhanabhuti , Winnie CW Chu , Kwang-Ting Cheng , Hao Chen

When analysing screening mammograms, radiologists can naturally process information across two ipsilateral views of each breast, namely the cranio-caudal (CC) and mediolateral-oblique (MLO) views. These multiple related images provide…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-22 Yuanhong Chen , Hu Wang , Chong Wang , Yu Tian , Fengbei Liu , Michael Elliott , Davis J. McCarthy , Helen Frazer , Gustavo Carneiro

Screening mammograms are a routine imaging exam performed to detect breast cancer in its early stages to reduce morbidity and mortality attributed to this disease. In order to maximize the efficacy of breast cancer screening programs,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-30 Vikash Gupta , Clayton Taylor , Sarah Bonnet , Luciano M. Prevedello , Jeffrey Hawley , Richard D White , Mona G Flores , Barbaros Selnur Erdal

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women globally. Mammography is essential for the early detection and diagnosis of breast lesions. Despite recent progress in foundation…

While state-of-the-art models for breast cancer detection leverage multi-view mammograms for enhanced diagnostic accuracy, they often focus solely on visual mammography data. However, radiologists document valuable lesion descriptors that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Gil Ben-Artzi , Feras Daragma , Shahar Mahpod

Breast cancer detection through mammography interpretation remains difficult because of the minimal nature of abnormalities that experts need to identify alongside the variable interpretations between readers. The potential of CNNs for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-11 Ojonugwa Oluwafemi Ejiga Peter , Daniel Emakporuena , Bamidele Dayo Tunde , Maryam Abdulkarim , Abdullahi Bn Umar

Medical Informatics and the application of modern signal processing in the assistance of the diagnostic process in medical imaging is one of the more recent and active research areas today. This thesis addresses a variety of issues related…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2009-10-20 Harris Georgiou

Risk-adapted breast cancer screening requires robust models that leverage longitudinal imaging data. Most current deep learning models use single or limited prior mammograms and lack adaptation for real-world settings marked by imbalanced…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Manel Rakez , Thomas Louis , Julien Guillaumin , Foucauld Chamming's , Pierre Fillard , Brice Amadeo , Virginie Rondeau

Artificial intelligence (AI) is showing promise in improving clinical diagnosis. In breast cancer screening, recent studies show that AI has the potential to improve early cancer diagnosis and reduce unnecessary workup. As the number of…