BI-RADS-NET-V2: A Composite Multi-Task Neural Network for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Ultrasound Images With Semantic and Quantitative Explanations

Computer-aided Diagnosis (CADx) based on explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) can gain the trust of radiologists and effectively improve diagnosis accuracy and consultation efficiency. This paper proposes BI-RADS-Net-V2, a novel machine learning approach for fully automatic breast cancer diagno...

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Main Authors: Boyu Zhang, Aleksandar Vakanski, Min Xian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10193749/
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Aleksandar Vakanski
Min Xian
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Min Xian
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description Computer-aided Diagnosis (CADx) based on explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) can gain the trust of radiologists and effectively improve diagnosis accuracy and consultation efficiency. This paper proposes BI-RADS-Net-V2, a novel machine learning approach for fully automatic breast cancer diagnosis in ultrasound images. The BI-RADS-Net-V2 can accurately distinguish malignant tumors from benign ones and provides both semantic and quantitative explanations. The explanations are provided in terms of clinically proven morphological features used by clinicians for diagnosis and reporting mass findings, i.e., Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS). The experiments on 1,192 Breast Ultrasound (BUS) images indicate that the proposed method improves the diagnosis accuracy by taking full advantage of the medical knowledge in BI-RADS while providing both semantic and quantitative explanations for the decision.
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spelling doaj.art-94c28f7159ed40e5b20d3b37e271a7ae2023-08-09T23:01:39ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-0111794807949410.1109/ACCESS.2023.329856910193749BI-RADS-NET-V2: A Composite Multi-Task Neural Network for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Ultrasound Images With Semantic and Quantitative ExplanationsBoyu Zhang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9401-6163Aleksandar Vakanski1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3365-1291Min Xian2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6098-4441Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USADepartment of Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Management, University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID, USADepartment of Computer Science, University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID, USAComputer-aided Diagnosis (CADx) based on explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) can gain the trust of radiologists and effectively improve diagnosis accuracy and consultation efficiency. This paper proposes BI-RADS-Net-V2, a novel machine learning approach for fully automatic breast cancer diagnosis in ultrasound images. The BI-RADS-Net-V2 can accurately distinguish malignant tumors from benign ones and provides both semantic and quantitative explanations. The explanations are provided in terms of clinically proven morphological features used by clinicians for diagnosis and reporting mass findings, i.e., Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS). The experiments on 1,192 Breast Ultrasound (BUS) images indicate that the proposed method improves the diagnosis accuracy by taking full advantage of the medical knowledge in BI-RADS while providing both semantic and quantitative explanations for the decision.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10193749/Breast cancercomputer-aided diagnosis (CADx)explainable artificial intelligencemulti-task learning
spellingShingle Boyu Zhang
Aleksandar Vakanski
Min Xian
BI-RADS-NET-V2: A Composite Multi-Task Neural Network for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Ultrasound Images With Semantic and Quantitative Explanations
IEEE Access
Breast cancer
computer-aided diagnosis (CADx)
explainable artificial intelligence
multi-task learning
title BI-RADS-NET-V2: A Composite Multi-Task Neural Network for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Ultrasound Images With Semantic and Quantitative Explanations
title_full BI-RADS-NET-V2: A Composite Multi-Task Neural Network for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Ultrasound Images With Semantic and Quantitative Explanations
title_fullStr BI-RADS-NET-V2: A Composite Multi-Task Neural Network for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Ultrasound Images With Semantic and Quantitative Explanations
title_full_unstemmed BI-RADS-NET-V2: A Composite Multi-Task Neural Network for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Ultrasound Images With Semantic and Quantitative Explanations
title_short BI-RADS-NET-V2: A Composite Multi-Task Neural Network for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Ultrasound Images With Semantic and Quantitative Explanations
title_sort bi rads net v2 a composite multi task neural network for computer aided diagnosis of breast cancer in ultrasound images with semantic and quantitative explanations
topic Breast cancer
computer-aided diagnosis (CADx)
explainable artificial intelligence
multi-task learning
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10193749/
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