Using fractal techniques to reduce haziness in medical imaging
Daniela Alexandra Crișan, Cristina Coculescu, Justina Lavinia Stănică, Adam Altăr-Samuel · 2009
In the last decades, medical exams became a regular act; thus, the amount of mammograms interpreted by a radiologist increases dramatically. A focused effort is under way to develop a Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Mammograms (CADM) able to store, process and interpret data related to a mammogram. An important component is dedicated to reduce the haziness of interpretation; this will be done by tracing Focus of Attention Regions (FARs), which can have tumors, abnormalities, so. The goal is to underline these FAR zones, instead of paying attention to the whole image, accomplishing two major objectives: on one side, reducing the volume of processed data, and on the other side, reducing the possibility of false detection.