Abstract Background Mammography is currently the modality of choice for mass screening breast cancer, although its sensitivity low in dense breasts. Besides, higher density has been identified as independent risk factor so it conceptualized that women with breasts should be encouraged supplemental screening. In this study, we aimed to estimate distribution volumetric using fully automated Volpa...

Context and objective. Despite the high frequency of Benign Breast Tumors (BBT) in sub-Saharan Africa, very few studies have been conducted on these tumors. The objective present study was to evaluate diagnostic value clinical ultrasound breast examinations for BBT poorly equipped settings. Methods. This a retrospective analysis cases followed at Kinshasa University Hospital, between January 20...

Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) is becoming an increasingly preferred surgical technique for treating breast cancer. For the last several decades, using a preoperative wire placed by radiologist has been gold standard to help guide surgeons excise suspicious mass. In recent years, there increasing focus on surgeon-performed intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) during breast-conserving therapy, sugg...

Medical terminologies are critical for automated healthcare systems. Some terminologies, such as the UMLS and SNOMED are comprehensive, whereas others specialize in limited domains (i.e., BIRADS) or are developed for specific applications. An important feature of a terminology is comprehensive coverage of relevant clinical terms and ease of use by users, which include computerized applications....

In this paper, we introduce a new local learning based approach and apply it for the well-studied problem of breast cancer diagnosis using BIRADS-based mammographic features. To learn from our clinical dataset the latent relationship between these features and the breast biopsy result, our method first dynamically partitions the whole sample population into multiple sub-population groups throug...

PURPOSE We aimed to estimate the upgrading rate of core-needle biopsy (CNB)-diagnosed papillary breast lesions to atypical or malignant papillary lesions on subsequent surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective review of medical records and imaging findings of patients diagnosed by CNB as having papillary lesions from January 1, 2005 to May 31, 2011. Outcomes were determined ...

To obtain optimal breast image quality during the image acquisition, a compression paddle is used to even the breast thickness. Clinical observation has indicated that breast peripheral areas may not be fully compressed, and may cause unexpected intensity and texture variation within these areas. Such breast parenchymal appearance discrepancies may not be desirable for tissue modelling within c...