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  • Title: Interpretation of calcifications in screen/film, digitized, and wavelet-enhanced monitor-displayed mammograms: a receiver operating characteristic study.
    Author: Kallergi M, Clarke LP, Qian W, Gavrielides M, Venugopal P, Berman CG, Holman-Ferris SD, Miller MS, Clark RA.
    Journal: Acad Radiol; 1996 Apr; 3(4):285-93. PubMed ID: 8796676.
    Abstract:
    RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The acceptance of filmless digital mammography is currently limited by digitization and display drawbacks, as well as bias toward hard-copy interpretation. In the current study, we evaluated a wavelet-based image enhancement method for the filmless interpretation of breast calcifications. METHODS: A set of 100 mammograms (58 with calcification clusters) was digitized at 105 microns and 4,096 gray levels per pixel and was processed with nonlinear filters and wavelets. Standard receiver operating characteristic analysis was performed by four radiologists, who independently read the films, the unprocessed digital images, and unprocessed and wavelet-enhanced digital images presented simultaneously. RESULTS: Statistical differences were observed between screen/film and unprocessed digitized mammography displayed on monitors. Differences were not significant when wavelet enhancement was included in the monitor display. Interobserver variation in the digitized reading was greater than in film reading, but the wavelet enhancement reduced the difference. CONCLUSION: Wavelet-enhanced digital mammograms may assist radiologists in diagnosing calcifications directly from computer monitors and may compensate for current technologic limitations. A study with a larger data-base is needed before this method is accepted for clinical use.
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