Microcalcification detection in full-field digital mammograms: A fully automated computer-aided system

Worldwide breast cancer is the leading type of cancer in women [1]. However, 99 percent of women whose breast cancer was detected early (stage 1 or 0) survive beyond five years after diagnosis [2]. Indeed, when detected in good time, its treatment allows women to have a good prognosis reducing the rate of mortality and the incidence of surgery, radiation therapy and oncologic treatments [3]. Mammography is the most widely used technique in screening programs to detect breast cancer at a very early stage [4,5], but it is not a perfect procedure.
Source: Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Original paper Source Type: research