Image structure and perceptual errors in mammogram reading: a pilot study

Claudia Mello-Thoms; Stanley M. Dunn; Calvin F. Nodine; Harold L. Kundel

doi:10.1117/12.383104

14 April 2000 Image structure and perceptual errors in mammogram reading: a pilot study

Claudia Mello-Thoms, Stanley M. Dunn, Calvin F. Nodine, Harold L. Kundel

Proceedings Volume 3981, Medical Imaging 2000: Image Perception and Performance; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.383104
Event: Medical Imaging 2000, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Early detection of breast cancer is very desirable, considering that it can significantly change the prognosis for a woman diagnosed with this disease. Nonetheless 10 - 30% of all breast cancers are missed by the radiologist, albeit they are visible in the mammogram. In this work we have studied the underlying structure of the image in the location of the lesions that were missed and the ones that were found, as well as in the locations of the lesions that did not exist but were reported by the radiologist. We have shown that there is a statistically significant difference in the information content of different frequency bands that results in various decision types. We have also shown that it is possible to use a pattern classifier, based upon the information contents of the spectral decomposition of a local image region, to predict the most likely decision outcome.

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Claudia Mello-Thoms, Stanley M. Dunn, Calvin F. Nodine, and Harold L. Kundel "Image structure and perceptual errors in mammogram reading: a pilot study", Proc. SPIE 3981, Medical Imaging 2000: Image Perception and Performance, (14 April 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.383104

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