Preliminary performance analysis of breast MRI CAD system

Alan I. Penn; Nitin Kumar M.D.; Scott F. Thompson; Mitchell D. Schnall; Fei Wang; Constantine Gatsonis

doi:10.1117/12.431088

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3 July 2001 Preliminary performance analysis of breast MRI CAD system

Alan I. Penn, Nitin Kumar M.D., Scott F. Thompson, Mitchell D. Schnall, Fei Wang, Constantine Gatsonis

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Proceedings Volume 4322, Medical Imaging 2001: Image Processing; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.431088
Event: Medical Imaging 2001, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Alan Penn & Associates, Inc. is developing a computer-aided-diagnosis (CAD) system to assist radiologists in distinguishing benign from malignant breast lesions in gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) images. The CAD system uses reader interpretations and computer analysis to generate numeric and visualization aids to help the radiologist make more informed decisions. This paper presents results of analyses that evaluate the statistical and diagnostic effectiveness of the breast-MR CAD system: 1)Evaluation of a first-generation CAD system by five radiologists at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (UPMC). 2)Validation of the computer-generated fractal measure using a second set of images. This paper also presents a description of a second-generation system that includes kinetic interpretations.

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Alan I. Penn, Nitin Kumar M.D., Scott F. Thompson, Mitchell D. Schnall, Fei Wang, and Constantine Gatsonis "Preliminary performance analysis of breast MRI CAD system", Proc. SPIE 4322, Medical Imaging 2001: Image Processing, (3 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.431088

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