| Literature DB >> 18536871 |
S Tangaro1, R Bellotti, F De Carlo, G Gargano, E Lattanzio, P Monno, R Massafra, P Delogu, M E Fantacci, A Retico, M Bazzocchi, S Bagnasco, P Cerello, S C Cheran, E Lopez Torres, E Zanon, A Lauria, A Sodano, D Cascio, F Fauci, R Magro, G Raso, R Ienzi, U Bottigli, G L Masala, P Oliva, G Meloni, A P Caricato, R Cataldo.
Abstract
The implementation of a database of digitised mammograms is discussed. The digitised images were collected beginning in 1999 by a community of physicists in collaboration with radiologists in several Italian hospitals as a first step in developing and implementing a computer-aided detection (CAD) system. All 3,369 mammograms were collected from 967 patients and classified according to lesion type and morphology, breast tissue and pathology type. A dedicated graphical user interface was developed to visualise and process mammograms to support the medical diagnosis directly on a high-resolution screen. The database has been the starting point for developing other medical imaging applications, such as a breast CAD, currently being upgraded and optimised for use in a distributed environment with grid services, in the framework of the Instituto Nazionale di Fisicia Nucleare (INFN)-funded Medical Applications on a Grid Infrastructure Connection (MAGIC)-5 project.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18536871 DOI： 10.1007/s11547-008-0282-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiol Med ISSN： 0033-8362 Impact factor: 3.469