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Radiologists in breast cancer screening are trained to use comparisons of left and right mammograms to identify suspicious asymmetric densities. Asymmetry is not a very specific sign, as the majority of asymmetric densities are due to normal variation of the parenchymal pattern. However, when an asymmetric density has some of the characteristics that are typical for a malignant mass or appears in a region that should normally be empty, it may be suspicious. Previously, we have developed a method for detecting stellate and circumscribed masses in mammograms from single views [5], [11], based on a statistical analysis of line and gradient orientation patterns. In this study we investigated the use of a local measure of asymmetry as an additional feature, with the aim of improving overall detection performance on a large consecutive sample of screening cases.
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Karssemeijer, N., Te Brake, G. (1998). Combining Single View Features and Asymmetry for Detection of Mass Lesions. In: Karssemeijer, N., Thijssen, M., Hendriks, J., van Erning, L. (eds) Digital Mammography. Computational Imaging and Vision, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5318-8_16
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