Microcalcification detection with and without CAD system (LIBCAD): A comparative study

• Published in: Egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 397 - 404
• Main Authors: Abdel Razek, Naglaa M., Yousef, Waleed A., Mustafa, Waleed A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2013
• Subjects: Breast cancer; Classification; Computer aided detection (CAD); Digital mammography; Image processing; Microcalcifications; Digital mammography; Breast cancer; Microcalcifications; Image processing; Classification; Computer aided detection (CAD)

The objective of this research is to assess the performance of the LIBCAD as a recent prototype CAD in microcalcification detection, and compare it to the readings of an experienced radiologist. We used 100 normal cases (437 images) to calculate the False Positive (FP) results and 488 cases (1952 im...