Early detection of breast cancer using computer assisted diagnosis

Author

Magnin, I.E. ; Vray, D. ; Brémond, A.

Author_Institution

INSA 502, URA, Villeurbanne, France

Volume

3

fYear

1992

fDate

Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992

Firstpage

849

Lastpage

850

Abstract

Breast cancer represents the most common form of cancer in women. It is responsible for 25% of death in women aged 35 to 54 years. Early screening of breast tumour is of help in the prognosis of a favorable outcome. Mammography plays a privileged role in the diagnosis, and this explains the development of numerical and processing methods aimed to improve the radiographic interpretation and the medical decision . This paper presents SENOLOG, an expert system for assistance in breast pathology.The associated Image database SENOBASE is described and the technical aspects briefly given. The clinical examination currently performed is discussed at the end.

Keywords

biological organs; cancer; computerised tomography; gynaecology; mammography; medical image processing; numerical analysis; tumours; visual databases; breast cancer detection; breast pathology; breast tumour; computer assisted diagnosis; expert system SENOLOG; image database SENOBASE; mammography; numerical processing methods; prognosis; Medical diagnostic imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0785-2

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-0816-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761275

Filename

5761275