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Malignant and benign clustered microcalcifications: automated feature analysis and classification.

1996·206 Zitationen·Radiology
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206

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8

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1996

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Abstract

PURPOSE: To develop a method for differentiating malignant from benign clustered microcalcifications in which image features are both extracted and analyzed by a computer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred mammograms from 53 patients who had undergone biopsy for suspicious clustered microcalcifications were analyzed by a computer. Eight computer-extracted features of clustered microcalcifications were merged by an artificial neural network. Human input was limited to initial identification of the microcalcifications. RESULTS: Computer analysis allowed identification of 100% of the patients with breast cancer and 82% of the patients with benign conditions. The accuracy of computer analysis was statistically significantly better than that of five radiologists (P = .03). CONCLUSION: Quantitative features can be extracted and analyzed by a computer to distinguish malignant from benign clustered microcalcifications. This technique may help radiologists reduce the number of false-positive biopsy findings.

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