Deep learning for medical image processing: Overview, challenges and the future

MI Razzak, S Naz, A Zaib - … in BioApps: Automation of decision making, 2018 - Springer
The health care sector is totally different from any other industry. It is a high priority sector
and consumers expect the highest level of care and services regardless of cost. The health …

Digital breast tomosynthesis: state of the art

S Vedantham, A Karellas, GR Vijayaraghavan… - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
This topical review on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is provided with the intent of
describing the state of the art in terms of technology, results from recent clinical studies …

Breast cancer diagnosis in digital breast tomosynthesis: effects of training sample size on multi-stage transfer learning using deep neural nets

RK Samala, HP Chan, L Hadjiiski… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we developed a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) for the classification
of malignant and benign masses in digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) using a multi-stage …

Mass detection in digital breast tomosynthesis: Deep convolutional neural network with transfer learning from mammography

RK Samala, HP Chan, L Hadjiiski, MA Helvie… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Develop a computer‐aided detection (CAD) system for masses in digital breast
tomosynthesis (DBT) volume using a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) with …

Digital breast tomosynthesis: observer performance study

D Gur, GS Abrams, DM Chough… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to compare in a retrospective observer study the
diagnostic performance of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) with that of digital breast …

A review of breast tomosynthesis. Part II. Image reconstruction, processing and analysis, and advanced applications

I Sechopoulos - Medical physics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Many important post‐acquisition aspects of breast tomosynthesis imaging can impact its
clinical performance. Chief among them is the reconstruction algorithm that generates the …

Breast image analysis for risk assessment, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer

ML Giger, N Karssemeijer… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The role of breast image analysis in radiologists' interpretation tasks in cancer risk
assessment, detection, diagnosis, and treatment continues to expand. Breast image analysis …

Digital breast tomosynthesis versus digital mammography: a clinical performance study

G Gennaro, A Toledano, C Di Maggio, E Baldan… - European …, 2010 - Springer
Objective To compare the clinical performance of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) with
that of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) in a diagnostic population. Methods The study …

Digital mammography imaging: breast tomosynthesis and advanced applications

MA Helvie - Radiologic Clinics, 2010 - radiologic.theclinics.com
The Achilles heel of screening mammography is the detection of cancer in women with
radiographic dense breasts. Although nearly all cancers will be apparent in fatty breasts …

Breast tomosynthesis: present considerations and future applications

JM Park, EA Franken Jr, M Garg, LL Fajardo… - Radiographics, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
Mammography is an effective imaging tool for detecting breast cancer at an early stage and
is the only screening modality proved to reduce mortality from breast cancer. However, the …