Title
Automatic breast density classification using a convolutional neural network architecture search procedure
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
University of Campinas
Research and Development-Medical Innovation and Technology
Radiology Department-Oncosalud
Radiology Department-Oncosalud
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Publisher(s)
SPIE
Abstract
Breast parenchymal density is considered a strong indicator of breast cancer risk and therefore useful for preventive tasks. Measurement of breast density is often qualitative and requires the subjective judgment of radiologists. Here we explore an automatic breast composition classification workflow based on convolutional neural networks for feature extraction in combination with a support vector machines classifier. This is compared to the assessments of seven experienced radiologists. The experiments yielded an average kappa value of 0.58 when using the mode of the radiologists' classifications as ground truth. Individual radiologist performance against this ground truth yielded kappa values between 0.56 and 0.79.
Volume
9414
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Fisiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84948844104
ISBN
9781628415049 9781628415049
Source
Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
ISSN of the container
16057422
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