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GPCALMA: An Italian mammographic database of digitized images for research
Francesco FauciErnesto Lopez TorresRaffaella MassafraUbaldo BottigliR. MagroAdele LauriaSabina TangaroPiergiorgio CerelloMariaevelina FantacciRobero BellottiPasquale Delogusubject
medicine.diagnostic_testDatabasePoint (typography)business.industryComputer scienceInvasive Lobular Carcinoma Grid Technology Mammographic Image Digitize Mammogram Italian HospitalComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISIONCADcomputer.software_genreVisualizationGrid computingmedicineMedical imagingMammographyMedical diagnosisbusinesscomputerGraphical user interfacedescription
In this work the implementation of a database of digitized mammograms is described. The digitized images were collected since 1999 by a community of physicists in collaboration with radiologists in several Italian hospitals, as a first step in order to develop and implement a Computer Aided Detection (CAD) system. 3369 mammograms were collected from 967 patients; they were classified according to the type and the morphology of the lesions, the type of the breast tissue and the type of pathologies. A dedicated Graphical User Interface was developed for mammography visualization and processing, in order to support the medical diagnosis directly on a high-resolution screen. The database has been the starting point for the development of other medical imaging applications such as a breast CAD, currently being upgraded and optimized for the use in conjunction of the GRID technology in the framework of the INFN-funded MAGIC-5 project.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-01 |