DocumentCode :
568333
Title :
New method for breast tumor tracking
Author :
Seppi, E. ; Zentai, G. ; Partain, L. ; Richmond, M. ; Pavlyuchkova, R. ; Anderson, R.
Author_Institution :
Ginzton Technol. Center, Varian Med. Syst., Palo Alto, CA, USA
fYear :
2012
fDate :
16-17 July 2012
Firstpage :
442
Lastpage :
445
Abstract :
Mammographic imaging is a very well-known and useful method to discover cancer lesions in the breast at an early stage. Treatment options are better than at later stages, when the tumor is larger and frequently has already spread to other body organs (metastasis). However, detection is difficult in dense breasts. Often mammographers prescribe biopsy, because they cannot visually predict the probability that the lesion is benign or malignant. A new method is proposed in this article, which may determine the malignancy of the tumor without invasive biopsy.
Keywords :
cancer; mammography; medical image processing; target tracking; tumours; breast tumor tracking method; cancer lesion discovery; dense breasts; mammographic imaging; tumor malignancy determination; Breast; Detectors; Energy resolution; Image edge detection; Lesions; Photonics; CdTe detectors; biopsy; breast CT; breast tumors; mammography; oncology; photon counting detectors;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1776-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IST.2012.6295597
Filename :
6295597
Link To Document :
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