Xinbin Li1,2, Hewei Gao3, Zhiqiang Chen4,5, Li Zhang1,2, Xiaohua Zhu1,2, Shengping Wang6, Weijun Peng6. 1. Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing, China. 2. Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Tsinghua University) of Ministry of Education, Haidian District, Beijing, China. 3. RefleXion Medical, Hayward, CA, 94545, USA. 4. Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing, China. czq@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn. 5. Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Tsinghua University) of Ministry of Education, Haidian District, Beijing, China. czq@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn. 6. Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dongan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Microcalcifications are an important feature in the diagnosis of breast cancer, especially in the early stages. In this paper, a CT-based method is proposed to potentially distinguish benign and malignant breast diseases based on the distributions of microcalcifications using grating-based phase-contrast imaging on a conventional X-ray tube. METHODS: The method presented based on the ratio of dark-field signals to attenuation signals in CT images is compared with the existing method based on the ratio in projections, and the threshold for the classification of microcalcifications in the two types of breast diseases is obtained using our approach. The experiment was operated on paraffin-fixed specimens that originated from 20 female patients ranging from 27-65 years old. RESULTS: Compared with the method based on projection images (AUC = 0.87), the proposed method is more effective (AUC = 0.95) to distinguish the two types of diseases. The discrimination threshold of microcalcifications for the classification of diseases in CT images is found to be 3.78 based on the Youden index. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed method can be further developed to improve the early diagnosis and diagnostic accuracy and reduce the clinical misdiagnosis rate of breast cancer. KEY POINTS: • Microcalcifications are of special importance to indicate early breast cancer. • Grating-based phase-contrast imaging can improve the diagnosis of breast cancers. • The method described here can better classify benign and malignant breast diseases.
OBJECTIVES: Microcalcifications are an important feature in the diagnosis of breast cancer, especially in the early stages. In this paper, a CT-based method is proposed to potentially distinguish benign and malignant breast diseases based on the distributions of microcalcifications using grating-based phase-contrast imaging on a conventional X-ray tube. METHODS: The method presented based on the ratio of dark-field signals to attenuation signals in CT images is compared with the existing method based on the ratio in projections, and the threshold for the classification of microcalcifications in the two types of breast diseases is obtained using our approach. The experiment was operated on paraffin-fixed specimens that originated from 20 female patients ranging from 27-65 years old. RESULTS: Compared with the method based on projection images (AUC = 0.87), the proposed method is more effective (AUC = 0.95) to distinguish the two types of diseases. The discrimination threshold of microcalcifications for the classification of diseases in CT images is found to be 3.78 based on the Youden index. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed method can be further developed to improve the early diagnosis and diagnostic accuracy and reduce the clinical misdiagnosis rate of breast cancer. KEY POINTS: • Microcalcifications are of special importance to indicate early breast cancer. • Grating-based phase-contrast imaging can improve the diagnosis of breast cancers. • The method described here can better classify benign and malignant breast diseases.
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Keywords:
Breast diseases; Grating-based phase-contrast CT; Microcalcifications; ROC curves; Youden index
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