Article Commentary: Computer-Aided Detection of Breast Cancer — Have All Bases Been Covered?
Gautam S. Muralidhar, Tamara Miner Haygood, T.W. Stephens, Gary J. Whitman, Alan Conrad Bovik, Mia K. Markey · Breast Cancer Basic and Clinical Research · 2008
The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) systems in mammography has been the subject of intense research for many years. These systems have been developed with the aim of helping radiologists to detect signs of breast cancer. However, the effectiveness of CAD systems in practice has sparked recent debate. In this commentary, we argue that computer-aided detection will become an increasingly important tool for radiologists in the early detection of breast cancer, but there are some important issues that need to be given greater focus in designing CAD systems if they are to reach their full potential.