Breast Imaging: 11th International Workshop, IWDM 2012, Philadelphia, PA, USA, July 8-11, 2012. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Pre-clinical Evaluation of Tumour Angiogenesis with Contrast-Enhanced Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 1-8
The Effect of Amorphous Selenium Thickness on Imaging Performance of Contrast Enhanced Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 9-16
Contrast Optimization in Clinical Contrast-Enhanced Digital Mammography Images....Pages 17-23
Determination of System Geometrical Parameters and Consistency between Scans for Contrast-Enhanced Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 24-31
Initial Experience with Dual-Energy Contrast-Enhanced Digital Breast Tomosynthesis in the Characterization of Breast Cancer....Pages 32-39
Mammographic Segmentation and Risk Classification Using a Novel Binary Model Based Bayes Classifier....Pages 40-47
Intensity-Based MRI to X-ray Mammography Registration with an Integrated Fast Biomechanical Transformation....Pages 48-55
Comparison of Experimental, mantis , and hybrid mantis X-ray Response for a Breast Imaging CsI Detector....Pages 56-63
Breast Mass Classification Using Orthogonal Moments....Pages 64-71
A Task-Specific Argument for Variable-Exposure Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 72-79
Detective Quantum Efficiency of a CsI-CMOS X-ray Detector for Breast Tomosynthesis Operating in High Dynamic Range and High Sensitivity Modes....Pages 80-87
Multimodal Classification of Breast Masses in Mammography and MRI Using Unimodal Feature Selection and Decision Fusion....Pages 88-95
Comparison of Lesion Size Using Area and Volume in Full Field Digital Mammograms....Pages 96-103
Very High Contrast and Very High Spatial Resolution 2-D, 2.5-D and 3-D Breast Tissue Visualization under X-ray Dark Field Imaging....Pages 104-110
Detecting Clusters of Microcalcifications with a Cascade-Based Approach....Pages 111-118
Diagnostic Impact of Adjunction of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) to Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) and in Comparison with Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM)....Pages 119-126
Ethnic Variation in Volumetric Breast Density....Pages 127-133
Personalizing Mammographic Dosimetry Using Multilayered Anatomy-Based Breast Models....Pages 134-140
A Directional Small-Scale Tissue Model for an Anthropomorphic Breast Phantom....Pages 141-148
Simulation of Three Material Partial Volume Averaging in a Software Breast Phantom....Pages 149-156
Iterative Reconstruction with Monte Carlo Based System Matrix for Dedicated Breast PET....Pages 157-164
Comparison of Contact Spot Imaging on a Scanning Mammography System to Conventional Geometric Magnification Imaging....Pages 165-172
Region Matching in the Temporal Study of Mammograms Using Integral Invariant Scale-Space....Pages 173-180
Characterizing Breast Phenotype with a Novel Measure of Fibroglandular Structure....Pages 181-188
Performance of Computed Radiography and Direct Digital Radiography in a Screening Setting: Effect on the Screening Indicators....Pages 189-196
A Quality Control Framework Using Task-Based Detectability Measurements for Digital Mammography....Pages 197-204
Longitudinal Change in Mammographic Density and Association with Breast Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study....Pages 205-211
Long-Term Stability of Image Quality Measurements for Two Digital Mammography Systems....Pages 212-219
Characterization of Spatial Luminance Noise in Stereoscopic Displays for Breast Imaging....Pages 220-227
Volumetric and Area-Based Breast Density Measurement in the Predicting Risk of Cancer at Screening (PROCAS) Study....Pages 228-235
Breast Cancer Risk Prediction via Area and Volumetric Estimates of Breast Density....Pages 236-243
Fully-Automated Fibroglandular Tissue Segmentation in Breast MRI....Pages 244-251
Inferring the Breast Periphery from an Image When Measuring Volumetric Breast Density....Pages 252-259
Digital Scatter Removal for Mammography and Tomosynthesis Image Acquisition....Pages 260-267
Filtering of Poisson Noise in Digital Mammography Using Local Statistics and Adaptive Wiener Filter....Pages 268-275
A Novel Workflow-Centric Breast MRI Reading Prototype Utilizing Multitouch Gestures....Pages 276-283
Evaluation of Various Mammography Phantoms for Image Quality Assessment in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 284-291
Effects of Medical Display Luminance, Contrast and Temporal Compensation on CHO Detection Performance at Various Browsing Speeds and on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Images....Pages 292-299
The Impact of Reduced Injected Radioactivity on Image Quality of Molecular Breast Imaging Tomosynthesis....Pages 300-307
Automatic Seed Placement for Breast Lesion Segmentation on US Images....Pages 308-315
Comparison of Breast Doses for Digital Tomosynthesis Estimated from Patient Exposures and Using PMMA Breast Phantoms....Pages 316-321
Phantoms for Quality Control Procedures of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 322-329
Development of a Quality Control Protocol for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Systems in the TOMMY Trial....Pages 330-337
A Modelling Framework for Evaluation of 2D-Mammography and Breast Tomosynthesis Systems....Pages 338-345
Is the Outcome of Optimizing the System Acquisition Parameters Sensitive to the Reconstruction Algorithm in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis?....Pages 346-353
Usefulness of Adjunction of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) to Full-Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) in Evaluation of Pathological Response after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NAC) for Breast Cancer....Pages 354-361
The Morphology of Microcalcifications in 2D Digital Mammography and Breast Tomosynthesis: Is It Different?....Pages 362-368
Comparison of 15° and 30° Angle Acquisition Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Visualization and Characterization of Breast Abnormalities....Pages 369-376
Differences in Radiologists’ Experiences and Performance in Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 377-385
Proposing an Acquisition Geometry That Optimizes Super-Resolution in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 386-393
Converting One Set of Mammograms to Simulate a Range of Detector Imaging Characteristics for Observer Studies....Pages 394-401
Quantification of Tc-99m Sestamibi Distribution in Normal Breast Tissue Using Dedicated Breast SPECT-CT....Pages 402-409
Impact of Digitalization of Mammographic Units on Average Glandular Doses in the Flemish Breast Cancer Screening Program....Pages 410-417
An Examination of Silver as a Radiographic Contrast Agent in Dual-Energy Breast X-ray Imaging....Pages 418-425
Initial Evaluation of a Newly Developed High Resolution CT Imager for Dedicated Breast CT....Pages 426-433
Comparison of Lesion Extent and Contrast-Agent Uptake in Breast Tomosynthesis versus Cone-Beam Breast CT....Pages 434-441
Development and Initial Demonstration of a Low-Dose Dedicated Fully 3D Breast CT System....Pages 442-449
Correspondence among Subjective and Objective Similarities and Pathologic Types of Breast Masses on Digital Mammography....Pages 450-457
A Hypothesis-Test Framework for Quantitative Lesion Detection and Diagnosis....Pages 458-465
Breast Density into Clinical Practice....Pages 466-473
Intensity Independent Texture Analysis in Screening Mammograms....Pages 474-481
Inter- and Intra-Observer Variability of Radiologists Evaluating CBIR Systems....Pages 482-489
Quantification of Detection Probability of Microcalcifications at Increased Display Luminance Levels....Pages 490-497
Development of Computer Techniques Designed to Aid Tests of Digital Mammography Systems Quality Evaluation with the Phantom CDMAM 3.4....Pages 498-505
Towards Breast Anatomy Simulation Using GPUs....Pages 506-513
Breast Parenchymal Pattern (BPP) Analysis: Comparison of Digital Mammograms and Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 514-520
Classification of Microcalcification Clusters Based on Morphological Topology Analysis....Pages 521-528
Spectral Volumetric Glandularity Assessment....Pages 529-536
Power-Law, Beta, and (Slight) Chaos in Automated Mammography Breast Structure Characterization....Pages 537-544
Breast Density Measurement in Full-Field Digital Mammography: System Calibration and Stability....Pages 545-552
A Method for Lesion Visibility Prediction in Mammograms by Local Analysis of Spectral Anatomical Noise....Pages 553-560
Adapting Breast Density Classification from Digitized to Full-Field Digital Mammograms....Pages 561-568
Improvements and Performance of Diagnostic Compositional Imaging Using a Novel Dual-Energy X-ray Technique....Pages 569-574
Monte Carlo Simulation of a-Se X-ray Detectors for Breast Imaging: Effect of Nearest-Neighbor Recombination Algorithm on Swank Noise....Pages 575-582
Initial Result of a Prospective Study: Comparison between a Low Dose 3D Stereo Mammography and FFDM....Pages 583-588
Volumetric and Area-Based Measures of Mammographic Density in Women with and without Cancer....Pages 589-595
Mammographic Parenchymal Texture Analysis for Estrogen-Receptor Subtype Specific Breast Cancer Risk Estimation....Pages 596-603
A Phantom Study for Assessing the Effect of Different Digital Detectors on Mammographic Texture Features....Pages 604-610
Reduction of Patient Dose in Digital Mammography: Simulation of Low-Dose Image from a Routine Dose....Pages 611-618
Comparison of Hologic’s Quantra Volumetric Assessment to MRI Breast Density....Pages 619-626
2D/3D Registration for Localization of Mammographically Depicted Lesions in Breast MRI....Pages 627-634
Application of a Protocol for Constancy Control of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Systems: Results and Experiences....Pages 635-641
Design and Evaluation of a Phantom with Structured Background for Digital Mammography and Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 642-649
An Experimental Comparison of Continuous Motion and Step-and-Shoot Modes in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 650-657
Application of a Dynamic 4D Anthropomorphic Breast Phantom in Contrast-Based Imaging System Optimization: Dual-Energy or Temporal Subtraction?....Pages 658-665
Image Processing and Registration of Opposed View 3D Breast Ultrasound....Pages 666-672
Detecting Low-Conspicuity Mammographic Findings – The Real Added Value of CAD....Pages 673-681
Potential of a Standalone Computer-Aided Detection System for Breast Cancer Detection in Screening Mammography....Pages 682-689
Estimating Sensitivity and Specificity in an ROC Experiment....Pages 690-696
Level Set Breast Mass Segmentation in Contrast-Enhanced and Non-Contrast-Enhanced Breast CT....Pages 697-704
Methods for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Screening Mammography Are Not Necessarily Valid for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Computer-Aided Detection in Screening Mammography....Pages 705-712
Joint Registration and Limited-Angle Reconstruction of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 713-720
Dose Reduction for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis by Patch-Based Denoising in Reconstruction....Pages 721-728
Out-of-Plane Artifact Reduction in Tomosynthesis Based on Regression Modeling and Outlier Detection....Pages 729-736
Investigating Oblique Reconstructions with Super-Resolution in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 737-744
Improving Image Quality of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis by Artifact Reduction....Pages 745-752
Automatic Volumetric Glandularity Assessment from Full Field Digital Mammograms....Pages 753-760
A Breast Density-Dependent Power-Law Model for Digital Mammography....Pages 761-768
A Calibration Approach for Single-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Method to Provide Absolute Breast Tissue Composition Accuracy for the Long Term....Pages 769-774
Local versus Whole Breast Volumetric Breast Density Assessments and Implications....Pages 775-782
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