Deep learning-based CAD systems for mammography: A review article

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women. Screening mammography is a low‑dose X‑ray examination of breasts, which is conducted to detect breast cancer at early stages when the cancerous tumor is too small to be felt as a lump. Screening mammography is conducted for women with...

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Main Authors: Ali Ameri, Mahmoud Shiri, Masoumeh Gity, Mohammad Ali Akhaee
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Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021-08-01
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Online Access:http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/article-1-11289-en.html
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description Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women. Screening mammography is a low‑dose X‑ray examination of breasts, which is conducted to detect breast cancer at early stages when the cancerous tumor is too small to be felt as a lump. Screening mammography is conducted for women with no symptoms of breast cancer, for early detection of cancer when the cancer is most treatable and consequently greatly reduce the death rate from the breast cancer. Screening mammography should be performed every year for women age 45-54, and every two years for women age 55 and older who are in good health. A mammogram is read by a radiologist to diagnose cancer. To assist radiologists in reading mammograms, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems have been developed which can identify suspicious lesions on mammograms. CADs can improve the accuracy and confidence level of radiologists in decision making and have been approved by FDA for clinical use. Traditional CAD systems work based on conventional machine learning (ML) and image processing algorithms. With recent advances in software and hardware resources, a great breakthrough in deep learning (DL) algorithms was followed, which revolutionized various engineering areas including medical technologies. Recently, DL models have been applied in CAD systems in mammograms and achieved outstanding performance. In contrast to conventional ML, DL algorithms eliminate the need for the tedious task of human-designed feature engineering, as they are capable of learning useful features automatically from the raw data (mammogram). One of the most common DL frameworks is the convolutional neural network (CNN). To localize lesions in a mammogram, a CNN should be applied in region‑based algorithms such as R‑CNN, Fast R‑CNN, Faster R‑CNN, and YOLO. Proper training of a DL‑based CAD requires a large amount of annotated mammogram data, where cancerous lesions have been marked by an experienced radiologist. This highlights the importance of establishing a large, annotated mammogram dataset for the development of a reliable CAD system. This article provides a brief review of the state‑of‑the‑art techniques for DL‑based CAD in mammography.
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spelling doaj.art-0c9e4d8e5a5a4f6582cac43bbcb5cc452022-12-21T22:30:51ZfasTehran University of Medical SciencesTehran University Medical Journal1683-17641735-73222021-08-01795326336Deep learning-based CAD systems for mammography: A review articleAli Ameri0Mahmoud Shiri1Masoumeh Gity2Mohammad Ali Akhaee3 Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women. Screening mammography is a low‑dose X‑ray examination of breasts, which is conducted to detect breast cancer at early stages when the cancerous tumor is too small to be felt as a lump. Screening mammography is conducted for women with no symptoms of breast cancer, for early detection of cancer when the cancer is most treatable and consequently greatly reduce the death rate from the breast cancer. Screening mammography should be performed every year for women age 45-54, and every two years for women age 55 and older who are in good health. A mammogram is read by a radiologist to diagnose cancer. To assist radiologists in reading mammograms, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems have been developed which can identify suspicious lesions on mammograms. CADs can improve the accuracy and confidence level of radiologists in decision making and have been approved by FDA for clinical use. Traditional CAD systems work based on conventional machine learning (ML) and image processing algorithms. With recent advances in software and hardware resources, a great breakthrough in deep learning (DL) algorithms was followed, which revolutionized various engineering areas including medical technologies. Recently, DL models have been applied in CAD systems in mammograms and achieved outstanding performance. In contrast to conventional ML, DL algorithms eliminate the need for the tedious task of human-designed feature engineering, as they are capable of learning useful features automatically from the raw data (mammogram). One of the most common DL frameworks is the convolutional neural network (CNN). To localize lesions in a mammogram, a CNN should be applied in region‑based algorithms such as R‑CNN, Fast R‑CNN, Faster R‑CNN, and YOLO. Proper training of a DL‑based CAD requires a large amount of annotated mammogram data, where cancerous lesions have been marked by an experienced radiologist. This highlights the importance of establishing a large, annotated mammogram dataset for the development of a reliable CAD system. This article provides a brief review of the state‑of‑the‑art techniques for DL‑based CAD in mammography.http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/article-1-11289-en.htmlbreast cancercaddeep learning (dl)mammography.
spellingShingle Ali Ameri
Mahmoud Shiri
Masoumeh Gity
Mohammad Ali Akhaee
Deep learning-based CAD systems for mammography: A review article
Tehran University Medical Journal
breast cancer
cad
deep learning (dl)
mammography.
title Deep learning-based CAD systems for mammography: A review article
title_full Deep learning-based CAD systems for mammography: A review article
title_fullStr Deep learning-based CAD systems for mammography: A review article
title_full_unstemmed Deep learning-based CAD systems for mammography: A review article
title_short Deep learning-based CAD systems for mammography: A review article
title_sort deep learning based cad systems for mammography a review article
topic breast cancer
cad
deep learning (dl)
mammography.
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