Towards localization of malignant sites of asymmetry across bilateral mammograms

Mammography is the most cost-effective and accessible screening test available to diagnose breast cancer disease [1]. Bilateral asymmetry is defined as one of the four signs of breast cancer detectable by mammography by the American College of Radiography (ACR). Analysis of the asymmetry between the left and right mammograms may suggest the occurrence of tumorigenic changes at an early stage, when more evident signs of cancer are not yet present [2,3]. The transformation of a normal tissue into a malignant tumor, in fact, is a complex and multistage process, that typically requires a progression through a pre-cancerous lesion to a more evident form of malignant tumor.
Source: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine - Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Source Type: research