Digital Mammography: 10th International Workshop, IWDM 2010, Girona, Catalonia, Spain, June 16-18, 2010. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Impact of CAD with Full Field Digital Mammography on Workflow and Cost....Pages 1-8
Performance of Triple-Modality CADx on Breast Cancer Diagnostic Classification....Pages 9-14
Needle Path Planning Method for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Biopsy Based on Probabilistic Techniques....Pages 15-22
X-ray Mammography – MRI Registration Using a Volume-Preserving Affine Transformation and an EM-MRF for Breast Tissue Classification....Pages 23-30
Interactive Multi-scale Contrast Enhancement of Previously Processed Digital Mammograms....Pages 31-38
Lesion Segmentation in Breast Sonography....Pages 39-45
Mammogram Compression Using Super-Resolution....Pages 46-53
Development of an Ensemble of Digital Breast Object Models....Pages 54-61
Analysis of Geometric Accuracy in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Reconstruction....Pages 62-69
Results of Comprehensive Dose Survey for Mammography....Pages 70-77
Validation of a Simulated Dose Reduction Methodology Using Digital Mammography CDMAM Images and Mastectomy Images....Pages 78-85
Measured Dose versus Organ Dose Performance in Digital Mammography Systems....Pages 86-91
Noise Reduction in Dual-Energy Contrast Enhanced Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Using Regularization....Pages 92-99
Phantom Dose Levels Found at Annual Physics Surveys in a National Mammography Screening Program: Comparison of Doses from Analog and Digital Equipment and from Digital Equipment at Different Points in Time....Pages 100-105
Task-Based Evaluation of Image Quality of Filtered Back Projection for Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 106-113
A Comparative Study of the Inter-reader Variability of Breast Percent Density Estimation in Digital Mammography: Potential Effect of Reader’s Training and Clinical Experience....Pages 114-120
Concepts for Efficient and Reliable Multi-modal Breast Image Reading....Pages 121-128
Modeling the Impact of CAD on the Outcomes of the UK Breast Screening Programme....Pages 129-136
Introducing a Novel Image Quality Measure for Digital Phase-Contrast-Image Evaluation....Pages 137-144
Modelling Structural Deformations in Mammographic Tissue Using the Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet....Pages 145-152
Classification of Linear Structures in Mammograms Using Random Forests....Pages 153-160
Should CAD Be Used as a Second Reader? – Exploring Two Alternative Reading Modes for CAD in Screening Mammography....Pages 161-167
Automated Assessment of Area of Dense Tissue in the Breast: A Comparison with Human Estimation....Pages 168-174
Local Greylevel Appearance Histogram Based Texture Segmentation....Pages 175-182
Quantification of Vascular Calcifications on Digitized Mammograms....Pages 183-190
Comparison of Tilt Correction Methods in Full Field Digital Mammograms....Pages 191-196
Optimising Beam Quality Selection in Mammographic Acquisition Using the Standard Attenuation Rate....Pages 197-204
Investigating the Replacement of the Physical Anti-scatter Grid with Digital Image Processing....Pages 205-212
Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) for Breast Cancers; Challenging to Diagnose Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) and Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC)....Pages 213-218
CR Mammography: Image Quality Measurement and Model Calculation for Needle vs. Powder Imaging Plate....Pages 219-226
Performance Assessment of Breast Tomosynthesis Systems: Concepts for Two Types of Phantoms....Pages 227-234
Realistic Simulation of Microcalcifications in Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 235-242
Breast Tomosynthesis Reconstruction Using a Grid of Blobs with Projection Matrices....Pages 243-250
A Boosting Based Approach for Automatic Micro-calcification Detection....Pages 251-258
Automatic Breast Tissue Classification Based on BIRADS Categories....Pages 259-266
Validation of Mammographic Texture Analysis for Assessment of Breast Cancer Risk....Pages 267-271
Towards Learning Spiculation Score of the Masses in Mammography Images....Pages 272-279
Three Digital Mammography Display Configurations: Observer Performance in a Pilot ROC Study....Pages 280-287
How Can Image Quality Affect the Detection Performance of Breast CAD (Computer Aided Detection) in FFDM (Full Field Digital Mammography)? – A Comparative Study with Two Different FFDM Systems-....Pages 288-295
Feature Point Detection for Non-rigid Registration of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Images....Pages 296-303
Contrast Detail Curves on Digital Mammography: Performance Comparison of Raw and Filtered Images....Pages 304-311
Reader Fatigue Interpreting Mammograms....Pages 312-318
Adapting Clinical Images to Appear with Different Noise and Sharpness to Model a Different Detector....Pages 319-326
Human Observer Performance in a Single Slice or a Volume: Effect of Background Correlation....Pages 327-333
Influence of Geometrical Factors on Phase Contrast Fiber Images....Pages 334-341
Robust Breast Composition Measurement - Volpara TM ....Pages 342-349
Technical Evaluation of a Digital Breast Tomosynthesis System....Pages 350-356
Mammographic Interpretation Training: How Could Low Cost Display Devices Help?....Pages 357-364
A Survey of Patient Doses from Digital Mammography Systems in the UK in 2007 to 2009....Pages 365-370
Analysis of Mammography Quality Control Results: Evidence for a Change in Test Frequency?....Pages 371-377
A Comparative Study of Volumetric and Area-Based Breast Density Estimation in Digital Mammography: Results from a Screening Population....Pages 378-385
Volumetric Breast Density and Breast Cancer Risk Factors in a Screening Population....Pages 386-393
Determinants and Consequences of Change in Breast Density....Pages 394-401
Comparison of Subregional Breast Density with Whole Breast Density....Pages 402-407
Comparing a New Volumetric Breast Density Method (Volpara TM ) to Cumulus....Pages 408-413
Visual Assessment of Density in Digital Mammograms....Pages 414-420
Concepts for High-Resolution CT of the Breast....Pages 421-427
Optimised Breast Tomosynthesis with a Novel CMOS Flat Panel Detector....Pages 428-435
Calculation of OTF, NPS, and DQE for Oblique X-Ray Incidence on Turbid Granular Phosphors....Pages 436-443
Scanner for Integrated X-Ray Breast Tomosynthesis and Molecular Breast Imaging Tomosynthesis....Pages 444-451
An Anthropomorphic Software Breast Phantom for Tomosynthesis Simulation: Power Spectrum Analysis of Phantom Projections....Pages 452-458
Comparison of Two Novel FFDM Systems with Different a-Se Detector Technology: Physical Characterization and Phantom Contrast Detail Evaluation in Clinical Conditions....Pages 459-466
Development of a Peripheral Thickness Estimation Method for Volumetric Breast Density Measurements in Mammography Using a 3D Finite Element Breast Model....Pages 467-473
Is CAD Able to Assist in the Detection of Subtle Breast Findings – Lobular Cancers, and T1a/T1b Masses in Dense Breasts?....Pages 474-480
Towards More Realistic Biomechanical Modelling of Tumours under Mammographic Compressions....Pages 481-489
Scoring Systems in Computer-Based Training for Digital Mammography....Pages 490-496
The Effect of Slab Size on Mass Detection Performance of a Screen-Film CAD System in Reconstructed Tomosynthesis Volumes....Pages 497-504
Synthesising Malignant Breast Masses in Normal Mammograms....Pages 505-512
Comparison of Microcalcification Detection Rates and Recall Rates in Digital and Analogue Mammography....Pages 513-517
Constancy Checking of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Systems....Pages 518-525
Mammographic Image Segmentation and Risk Classification Using a Novel Texture Signature Based Methodology....Pages 526-533
Stratified Sampling for Case Selection Criteria for Evaluating CAD....Pages 534-539
Breast Shapes on Real and Simulated Mammograms....Pages 540-547
Regularization Parameter Selection in Maximum a Posteriori Iterative Reconstruction for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 548-555
Image Quality Phantom in Close Compliance with the ICRU-44 Breast Tissue Substitute Standard and Realistic Background Noise Pattern for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 556-560
The Standard Attenuation Rate for Quantitative Mammography....Pages 561-568
National Software Supported Quality Assurance Program in Digital Mammography: Experiences and Challenges....Pages 569-575
Inter and Intra Observer Variability in a Semi-automatic Method for Measuring Volumetric Breast Density....Pages 576-582
Optimization of the Exposure Parameters with Signal-to-Noise Ratios Considering Human Visual Characteristics in Digital Mammography....Pages 583-590
Ideal Observer Comparison between Tomographic and Projection x-Ray Images of the Breast....Pages 591-597
Breast Structural Noise in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Its Dependence on Reconstruction Methods....Pages 598-605
Dual-Energy Dividing Mammography....Pages 606-613
Effect of BI-RADS Assessment in Improving CAD of Masses....Pages 614-621
Analysis of the Benefit/Risk Ratio Obtained in the Valencian Breast Early Detection Program During 2007 and 2008....Pages 622-627
Monte Carlo Simulation of Scatter Field for Calculation of Contrast of Discs in Synthetic CDMAM Images....Pages 628-635
Classifying Breast Masses in Volumetric Whole Breast Ultrasound Data: A 2.5-Dimensional Approach....Pages 636-642
A supplement to the European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis....Pages 643-650
Investigation of Practical Scoring Methods for Breast Density....Pages 651-658
Performance of the New Double Layer Amorphous Selenium Detector for Digital Mammography Compared to the FDA Approved CR System for Digital Mammography....Pages 659-663
Machine Learning Techniques and Mammographic Risk Assessment....Pages 664-672
Automatic BI-RADS Description of Mammographic Masses....Pages 673-681
A Clustering Method for the Extraction of Microcalcifications Using Epipolar Curves in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 682-688
Software Framework for Simulating Clusters of Microcalcifications in Digital Mammography....Pages 689-696
Improved Microcalcification Detection for Breast Tomosynthesis Using a Penalized-Maximum-Likelihood Reconstruction Method....Pages 697-703
Microcalcification Detection in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Using an Epipolar Curve Approach....Pages 704-711
Spiculated Lesions and Architectural Distortions Detection in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Datasets....Pages 712-719
An Observer Model for Lesion Detectability in Contrast-Enhanced Digital Mammography....Pages 720-727
Fast Deformation Simulation of Breasts Using GPU-Based Dynamic Explicit Finite Element Method....Pages 728-735
Breast Image Registration by Combining Finite Elements and Free-Form Deformations....Pages 736-743
The Effect of Motion Correction on Pharmacokinetic Parameter Estimation....Pages 744-751
Improved Detection of Cancer in Screening Mammograms by Temporal Comparison....Pages 752-759
Combined Reconstruction and Registration of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 760-768
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