Determination of asymmetry between mammogram pairs may be indicative to the presence of possible abnormalities. Any change within the tissues results in variations in the anatomy of the organs. Such changes are also reflected, more often, morphologically in the shape and structure of the breasts. ...
A study done in the UK in 2006 that was published in the Breast Cancer Research journal reported that each 3.38 ounce increase in breast asymmetry (measured by mammogram), predicted a 50% increase in the risk for breast cancer. The study involved 252 women and the researchers were pleased ...
However, the TPS+EMD had a drop in specificity of 10% while our approach retained its high specificity. As for the AUC, our approach showed an increase of 5% compared to all the other approaches. Table 1. Accuracy of the three classifiers applied to mammogram tumor detection. Measure ...