Automatic shape analysis and classification of mammographic calcifications

Marios A. Gavrielides; Maria Kallergi; Laurence P. Clarke

doi:10.1117/12.274175

25 April 1997 Automatic shape analysis and classification of mammographic calcifications

Marios A. Gavrielides, Maria Kallergi, Laurence P. Clarke

Proceedings Volume 3034, Medical Imaging 1997: Image Processing; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274175
Event: Medical Imaging 1997, 1997, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

The morphology and distribution of mammographic calcifications and the way these elements vary within a cluster are valuable in distinguishing between benign and malignant calcifications. The specific aims of this study were (a) the development of an automatic tool that differentiates between benign and malignant clustered calcifications based on their morphological properties and (b) the determination of the effects of image spatial resolution on the classification process. The long term aim of the project is to use this tool to categorize detected clusters into the various types described in the breast imaging reporting and data systems of the American College of Radiology and assist the radiologists in their diagnosis.

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Marios A. Gavrielides, Maria Kallergi, and Laurence P. Clarke "Automatic shape analysis and classification of mammographic calcifications", Proc. SPIE 3034, Medical Imaging 1997: Image Processing, (25 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274175

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