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Early detection of breast cancer through the use of mammography has been shown to be effective in reducing mortality from the disease [1],[2]. The presence of clustered micro-calcifications on a mammogram is a sensitive but non-specific indicator of malignancy. In order to find the relatively small number of malignancies present among clustered micro-calcifications, many women are referred for biopsies. The increased number of biopsies increases the overall cost of screening for breast cancer, and raises a barrier to its implementation [3]. In addition, the morbidity, both psychological and physical, is not inconsequential.
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Lederman, R., Leichter, I., Bamberger, P., Novak, B., Fields, S., Buchbinder, S.S. (1998). Interactive Quantitative Characterization of Micro-Calcifications on Digitized Film-Screen Mammograms. In: Karssemeijer, N., Thijssen, M., Hendriks, J., van Erning, L. (eds) Digital Mammography. Computational Imaging and Vision, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5318-8_36
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