DocumentCode
568333
Title
New method for breast tumor tracking
Author
Seppi, E. ; Zentai, G. ; Partain, L. ; Richmond, M. ; Pavlyuchkova, R. ; Anderson, R.
Author_Institution
Ginzton Technol. Center, Varian Med. Syst., Palo Alto, CA, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
16-17 July 2012
Firstpage
442
Lastpage
445
Abstract
Mammographic imaging is a very well-known and useful method to discover cancer lesions in the breast at an early stage. Treatment options are better than at later stages, when the tumor is larger and frequently has already spread to other body organs (metastasis). However, detection is difficult in dense breasts. Often mammographers prescribe biopsy, because they cannot visually predict the probability that the lesion is benign or malignant. A new method is proposed in this article, which may determine the malignancy of the tumor without invasive biopsy.
Keywords
cancer; mammography; medical image processing; target tracking; tumours; breast tumor tracking method; cancer lesion discovery; dense breasts; mammographic imaging; tumor malignancy determination; Breast; Detectors; Energy resolution; Image edge detection; Lesions; Photonics; CdTe detectors; biopsy; breast CT; breast tumors; mammography; oncology; photon counting detectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Manchester
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1776-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IST.2012.6295597
Filename
6295597
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