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Comparison of bilateral-subtraction and single-image processing techniques in the computerized detection of mammographic masses.

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Yin, FF; Giger, ML; Vyborny, CJ; Doi, K; Schmidt, RA
Published in: Invest Radiol
June 1993

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Identification of regions as possible masses on digitized screen film mammograms is an important initial step in the computerized detection of breast carcinomas. Possible masses may be initially extracted using criteria based on optical densities, geometric patterns, and asymmetries between corresponding locations in right and left mammograms. In this study, the usefulness of information arising from mammographic asymmetries for the identification of mass lesions is investigated. METHODS: Two techniques are investigated--a nonlinear bilateral-subtraction technique based on image pairs and a local gray-level thresholding technique based on single images. Detection performances obtained with the two techniques in combination with various feature-analysis techniques are evaluated using 154 pairs of mammograms and compared using free-response receiver operating characteristic (FROC) analysis. RESULTS: The nonlinear bilateral-subtraction technique performed better than the local gray-level thresholding technique. CONCLUSION: The incorporation of asymmetric information appears to be useful for computerized identification of possible masses on mammograms.

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Invest Radiol

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ISSN

0020-9996

Publication Date

June 1993

Volume

28

Issue

6

Start / End Page

473 / 481

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Subtraction Technique
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement
  • ROC Curve
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Mammography
  • Humans
  • Female
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Yin, F. F., Giger, M. L., Vyborny, C. J., Doi, K., & Schmidt, R. A. (1993). Comparison of bilateral-subtraction and single-image processing techniques in the computerized detection of mammographic masses. Invest Radiol, 28(6), 473–481. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004424-199306000-00001
Yin, F. F., M. L. Giger, C. J. Vyborny, K. Doi, and R. A. Schmidt. “Comparison of bilateral-subtraction and single-image processing techniques in the computerized detection of mammographic masses.Invest Radiol 28, no. 6 (June 1993): 473–81. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004424-199306000-00001.
Yin FF, Giger ML, Vyborny CJ, Doi K, Schmidt RA. Comparison of bilateral-subtraction and single-image processing techniques in the computerized detection of mammographic masses. Invest Radiol. 1993 Jun;28(6):473–81.
Yin, F. F., et al. “Comparison of bilateral-subtraction and single-image processing techniques in the computerized detection of mammographic masses.Invest Radiol, vol. 28, no. 6, June 1993, pp. 473–81. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00004424-199306000-00001.
Yin FF, Giger ML, Vyborny CJ, Doi K, Schmidt RA. Comparison of bilateral-subtraction and single-image processing techniques in the computerized detection of mammographic masses. Invest Radiol. 1993 Jun;28(6):473–481.

Published In

Invest Radiol

DOI

ISSN

0020-9996

Publication Date

June 1993

Volume

28

Issue

6

Start / End Page

473 / 481

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Subtraction Technique
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement
  • ROC Curve
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Mammography
  • Humans
  • Female
  • 3202 Clinical sciences