Abstract:
Breast cancer, the most prevalent cancer among women, poses a significant healthcare challenge, demanding effective early detection for optimal treatment outcomes. Mammog...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Breast cancer, the most prevalent cancer among women, poses a significant healthcare challenge, demanding effective early detection for optimal treatment outcomes. Mammography, the gold standard for breast cancer detection, employs low-dose X-rays to reveal tissue details, particularly cancerous masses and calcium deposits. This work focuses on evaluating the impact of incorporating anatomical knowledge to improve the performance and robustness of a breast cancer classification model. In order to achieve this, a methodology was devised to generate anatomical pseudo-labels, simulating plausible anatomical variations in cancer masses. These variations, encompassing changes in mass size and intensity, closely reflect concepts from the BI-RADs scale. Besides anatomical-based augmentation, we propose a novel loss term promoting the learning of cancer grading by our model. Experiments were conducted on publicly available datasets simulating both in-distribution and out-of-distribution scenarios to thoroughly assess the model's performance under various conditions.
Published in: 2024 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
Date of Conference: 15-19 July 2024
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 17 December 2024
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