Multiobjective genetic optimization of diagnostic classifiers used in the computerized detection of mass lesions in mammography

Matthew A. Kupinski; Mark A. Anastasio; Maryellen Lissak Giger

doi:10.1117/12.387596

6 June 2000 Multiobjective genetic optimization of diagnostic classifiers used in the computerized detection of mass lesions in mammography

Matthew A. Kupinski, Mark A. Anastasio, Maryellen Lissak Giger

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Proceedings Volume 3979, Medical Imaging 2000: Image Processing; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.387596
Event: Medical Imaging 2000, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We have recently proposed and developed a multiobjective approach to training classification systems. In this approach, the objectives, i.e., the sensitivity and specificity, of a classifier are simultaneously optimized, resulting in a series of solutions that are equivalent in the absence of any a priori knowledge regarding the relative merits of the two objectives. These solutions form a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve that is, theoretically, the best possible ROC curve that can be obtained using the given classifier and given training dataset. We have applied this technique to the optimization of classifiers for the computerized detection of mass lesions in digitized mammograms. Comparisons will be made between the results obtained using the multiobjective approach and results obtained using more conventional approaches. We employed a database of 60 consecutive, non-palpable mass lesion cases. Features relating to the geometry, intensity, and gradients of the images were calculated for each visible lesion and for many false detections. Using a conventionally trained linear classifier we were able to achieve an A_z of 0.84 while the multiobjective approach to training a linear classifier yielded an A_z of 0.87 in the task of distinguishing between true lesions and false detections. Using a multiobjective approach to train a rule-based classifier with 5 thresholding rules resulted in an A_z of 0.88 in the task of distinguishing between true lesions and false detections.

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Matthew A. Kupinski, Mark A. Anastasio, and Maryellen Lissak Giger "Multiobjective genetic optimization of diagnostic classifiers used in the computerized detection of mass lesions in mammography", Proc. SPIE 3979, Medical Imaging 2000: Image Processing, (6 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.387596

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