Digital mammography in the radio-dense and complex pattern breast

Matthew T. Freedman M.D.; Dorothy E. Steller Artz; Hamid Jafroudi; Jacquelyn Hogge M.D.; Rebecca A. Zuurbier M.D.; Jyh-Shyan Lin; Raj Katial; Seong Ki Mun

doi:10.1117/12.237984

16 April 1996 Digital mammography in the radio-dense and complex pattern breast

Matthew T. Freedman M.D., Dorothy E. Steller Artz, Hamid Jafroudi, Jacquelyn Hogge M.D., Rebecca A. Zuurbier M.D., Jyh-Shyan Lin, Raj Katial, Seong Ki Mun

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Proceedings Volume 2710, Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237984
Event: Medical Imaging 1996, 1996, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

The sensitivity of mammography for the detection of breast cancer is decreased in the radiodense breast. Storage phosphor digital radiographic systems have a wider latitude of exposure than conventional mammographic screen film systems. By using low resolution histogram equalization one can produce a mammographic image of the breast that retains the high frequency information that defines the edges of microcalcifications, architectural distortion and some masses but which, at the same time, allows one to look through into regions of increased breast radiodensity and identify microcalcifications within them. This paper demonstrates the effect of this special form of image processing.

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Matthew T. Freedman M.D., Dorothy E. Steller Artz, Hamid Jafroudi, Jacquelyn Hogge M.D., Rebecca A. Zuurbier M.D., Jyh-Shyan Lin, Raj Katial, and Seong Ki Mun "Digital mammography in the radio-dense and complex pattern breast", Proc. SPIE 2710, Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing, (16 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237984

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