A Novel Semantic-based CAD System for Mammography

Author

Xiao-Jian Tang ; Xiang-Min Xu ; Wei-Qiang Zhou ; Yun-feng Mao

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou

fYear

2008

fDate

Aug. 29 2008-Sept. 2 2008

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

101

Abstract

A semantic-based CAD system for mammography is proposed. Semantic layer is added to the computer aided diagnosis procedure by comprehend the lesion symptom of mammogram and clinical information. This provides doctor a complete and standardization semantic interpretation of the case. Final result is obtained through the synthetic analysis of the acquired semantic information by a Bayesian semantic network which constructed under direction of the experts. Besides, the result is graded according to the BI-RADS rating system. Preliminary experiments demonstrate that the system is conducive to the interaction with doctor. It´s capable to provide assistant diagnosis for a whole mammary disease case other than a single X-ray image.

Keywords

X-ray imaging; belief networks; cancer; mammography; medical image processing; patient diagnosis; BI-RADS rating system; Bayesian semantic network; X-ray image; breast cancer; clinical information; computer aided diagnosis; lesion symptom; mammary disease; mammography; semantic-based CAD system; Bayesian methods; Breast; Clinical diagnosis; Data mining; Feedback; Information analysis; Lesions; Mammography; Standardization; X-ray imaging; Computer Aided Diagnosis; breast cancer; semantic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science and Information Technology, 2008. ICCSIT '08. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3308-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSIT.2008.130

Filename

4624840