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ArticleJournal of digital imaging2019

A Screening CAD Tool for the Detection of Microcalcification Clusters in Mammograms.

Vikrant A Karale, Joshua P Ebenezer, Jayasree Chakraborty, Tulika Singh, Anup Sadhu, Niranjan Khandelwal, Sudipta Mukhopadhyay

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Vikrant A KaraleDepartment of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302, India.
Joshua P EbenezerDepartment of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302, India.
Jayasree ChakrabortyMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Tulika SinghDepartment of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Anup SadhuEKO CT & MRI Scan Center, Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata, 700004, India.
Niranjan KhandelwalDepartment of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Sudipta MukhopadhyayDepartment of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302, India. smukho@ece.iitkgp.ac.in.ORCID 0000-0002-4719-2578

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Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women worldwide. Up to 50% of non-palpable breast cancers are detected solely through microcalcification clusters in mammograms. This article presents a novel and completely automated algorithm for the detection of microcalcification clusters in a mammogram. A multiscale 2D non-linear energy operator is proposed for enhancing the contrast between the microcalcifications and the background. Several texture, shape, intensity, and histogram of oriented gradients (HOG)-based features are used to distinguish microcalcifications from other brighter mammogram regions. A new majority class data reduction technique based on data distribution is proposed to counter data imbalance problem. The algorithm is able to achieve 100% sensitivity with 2.59, 1.78, and 0.68 average false positives per image on Digital Database for Screening Mammography (scanned film), INbreast (direct radiography) database, and PGIMER-IITKGP mammogram (direct radiography) database, respectively. Thus, it might be used as a second reader as well as a screening tool to reduce the burden on radiologists.

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Breast DiseasesBreast NeoplasmsCalcinosisDatabases, FactualFalse Positive ReactionsFemaleHumansMammographyRadiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-AssistedReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificity2D NEOMammogramMicrocalcificationMicrocalcification clustersNEONon-linear energy operatorShape featuresSVM classifierTexture features

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PMCPMC6737166

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