Digital Mammography: 9th International Workshop, Iwdm 2008 Tucson, Az, Usa, July 20-23, 2008 Proceedings (Paperback, 2008)

Breast Density, Texture and Risk I.- Improvements to Single Energy Absorptiometry Method for Digital Mammography to Quantify Breast Tissue Density.- Breast Density Segmentation: A Comparison of Clustering and Region Based Techniques.- Mammographic Segmentation Based on Texture Modelling of Tabar Mammographic Building Blocks.- Analyzing Tree-Like Structures in Biomedical Images Based on Texture and Branching: An Application to Breast Imaging.- Volumetric Assessment of Breast Tissue Composition from FFDM Images.- Effect of Image Quality on Film Reading.- A Comparison between Film-Screen Mammography and Full-Field Digital Mammography Utilizing Phase Contrast Technology in Breast Cancer Screening Programs.- Impact of Digital Mammography in Breast Cancer Screening: Initial Experience in a National Breast Screening Program.- Clinical Performance of Breast Tomosynthesis as a Function of Radiologist Experience Level.- BIRADS Classification in Breast Tomosynthesis Compared to Mammography and Ultrasonography.- Stereoscopic Digital Mammography: Improved Accuracy of Lesion Detection in Breast Cancer Screening.- Potential Role of FDG-PET Imaging in Defining Biology of Primary Breast Lesions.- Clinical Usefulness of Super High-Resolution Liquid Crystal Displays Using Independent Sub-pixel Driving Technology.- The Effect of Tomosynthesis X-Ray Pulse Width on Measured Beam Quality.- Tomographic Dual Modality Breast Scanner.- Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Method Using a Full Field Digital Mammography System.- Optimization of a Dual-Energy Contrast-Enhanced Technique for a Photon Counting Digital Breast Tomosynthesis System.- Simulation and Phantom Studies of Contrast-Enhanced Dual Energy Mammography (CEDEM).- Preliminary Evaluation of a Phase Contrast Imaging with Digital Mammography.- Poster Session I.- Prompting in Mammography: Reproducibility.- Synthesising Abnormal Structures in Mammograms Using Pyramid Decomposition.- Computer-Aided Microcalcification Detection on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Data: A Preliminary Evaluation.- Temporal Analysis of Mammograms Based on Graph Matching.- Temporal Subtraction Versus Dual-Energy Contrast-Enhanced Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: A Pilot Study.- Texture-Based Simultaneous Registration and Segmentation of Breast DCE-MRI.- A CDMAM Image Phantom Software Improvement for Human Observer Assessment.- Computerized Classification of Mammary Gland Patterns in Whole Breast Ultrasound Images.- Comparison between Physical Image Quality as Measured by a Newly Developed Phantom Dedicated for Digital Mammography QC and That by European Guidelines Methods.- Assuring Authenticity of Digital Mammograms by Image Watermarking.- Different Search Patterns and Similar Decision Outcomes: How Can Experts Agree in the Decisions They Make When Reading Digital Mammograms?.- Optimization of Tomosynthesis Acquisition Parameters: Angular Range and Number of Projections.- Subtle Abnormalities in Highly Dense Breasts Detected by Use of a Digital Phase Contrast Mammography System: A Report of Three Invasive Cancer Cases in the Early Stage.- Image Quality Assessment and Equipment Optimisation with Automated Phantom Evaluation in Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM).- Breast Mass Detection under Increased Ambient Lighting.- Reducing Noise of Medical Grade Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) and Its Relation to the Detection of Micro-calcifications.- An Ontology to Support Adaptive Training for Breast Radiologists.- Image Analysis and CAD I.- A Web Database for Computer-Aided Detection and Diagnosis of Medical Images.- An Interactive Computer Aided Decision Support System for Detection of Masses in Mammograms.- Detection of Masses in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Mammography: Effects of the Number of Projection Views and Dose.- Effect of Similarity Metrics and ROI Sizes in Featureless Computer Aided Detection of Breast Masses in Tomosynthesis.- Knowledge Transfer across Breast Cancer Screening Modalities: A Pilot Study Using an Information-Theoretic CADe System for Mass Detection.- Gradient Vector Flow Fields and Spiculated Mass Detection in Digital Mammography Images.- The Evaluation of Effects on Breast Cancer Diagnoses When Using Mammographic Semantic Information.- Computerized Scheme for Focal Asymmetric Densities on Mammograms by Use of Geometric and Texture Analyses.- Identifying Corresponding Lesions from CC and MLO Views Via Correlative Feature Analysis.- Image Analysis and CAD II.- Case-Specific Reliability Assessment for Improved False Positive Reduction with an Information-Theoretic CAD System.- Computerized Detection and Classification of Malignant and Benign Microcalcifications on Full Field Digital Mammograms.- The Effect of Training Sample Size on Performance of Mass Detection.- Multiple-Instance Learning Improves CAD Detection of Masses in Digital Mammography.- Optimizing the CAD Process for Detecting Mammographic Lesions by a New Generation Algorithm Using Linear Classifiers and a Gradient Based Approach.- Reliability Assessment of Ensemble Classifiers: Application in Mammography.- Breast Mass Classification on Full-Field Digital Mammography and Screen-Film Mammography.- Detection of Microcalcifications Using a Nonuniform Noise Model.- The Breast Biomechanics Reference State for Multi-modal Image Analysis.- An Ideal Observer for a Model of X-Ray Imaging in Breast Parenchymal Tissue.- Statistical Appearance Models of Mammographic Masses.- Validation of a Digital Mammography Image Simulation Chain with Automated Scoring of CDMAM Images.- Comparison of Two Methods to Develop Breast Models for Simulation of Breast Tomosynthesis and CT.- Statistical Deformation Models of Breast Compressions from Biomechanical Simulations.- Image Analysis and CAD III.- Classification of Benign and Malignant Masses in Ultrasound Breast Image Based on Geometric and Echo Features.- Validation of Cone-Beam CT Measurements of Tumour Burden Using Three-Dimensional Histopathology: Initial Results For a Lumpectomy.- A Tool for Temporal Comparison of Mammograms: Image Toggling and Dense-Tissue-Preserving Registration.- Development of Whole Breast Ultrasound Viewer and Automated Mass Detection System.- Automated Registration of Volumes of Interest for a Combined X-Ray Tomosynthesis and Ultrasound Breast Imaging System.- Poster Session II.- Estimating Individual Cancer Risks in the UK National Breast Screening Programme: A Feasibility Study.- Clinical Performance of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Versus Full-Field Digital Mammography: Preliminary Results.- Analysis of Anatomical Linear Structure Information in Mammographic Risk Assessment.- Evaluating the Effect of Tomosynthesis Acquisition Parameters on Image Texture: A Study Based on an Anthropomorphic Breast Tissue Software Model.- Computer Aided Detection (CAD) for Digital Mammography: A Retrospective Reading Study for Consideration on Utilizing CAD Most Effectively.- Does a Mammography CAD Algorithm with Varying Filtering Levels of Detection Marks, Used to Reduce the False Mark Rate, Adversely Affect the Detection of Small Masses?.- Performance of CADx on a Large Clinical Database of FFDM Images.- Expedited Breast Care: A New Model in Breast Health.- Effect of Using Tungsten-Anode X-Ray Tubes on Dose and Image Quality in Full-Field Digital Mammography.- Assessment of Low Energies and Slice Depth in the Quantification of Breast Tomosynthesis.- Comparison of Multiple View Strategies to Reduce False Positives in Breast Imaging.- Image Correction and Reconstruction for Breast Biopsy.- Progress Toward a Quantitative Scale for Describing Radiodensity in Mammographic Images.- Systematic Performance Analysis of SART as Applied to Digital Breast Tomosynthesis.- Optimizing the Target-Filter Combination in Digital Mammography in the Sense of Image Quality and Average Glandular Dose.- Generic Infrastructure for Medical Informatics (GIMI): The Development of a Mammographic Training System.- Evaluation of 3D Breast Surface Reconstruction Accuracy Using Non-contact Scanner Images: A Phantom Study.- Investigation of Different PV Distributions in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) Mammography.- Characterization of Projection Ordering in Iterative Reconstruction Methods for Breast Tomosynthesis.- Effect of Scan Angle and Reconstruction Algorithm on Model Observer Performance in Tomosynthesis.- A Novel Approach for Filtered Backprojection in Tomosynthesis Based on Filter Kernels Determined by Iterative Reconstruction Techniques.- 3D Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Using Total Variation Regularization.- Image Artifact in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Its Dependence on System and Reconstruction Parameters.- Multi-projection Correlation Imaging as a New Diagnostic Tool for Improved Breast Cancer Detection.- Sensitivity of Contrast-Enhanced Digital Breast Tomosynthesis to Changes in Iodine Concentration during Acquisition.- Breast Density, Texture and Risk II.- Quantifying Breast Thickness for Density Measurement.- Effect of Tissue Thickness Variation in Volumetric Breast Density Estimation.- Breast Abnormality Detection Incorporating Breast Density Information Based on Independent Components Analysis.- Comparison of Breast Percent Density Estimated from Digital Mammograms and Central Reconstructed Tomosynthesis Slice Images.- Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Parenchymal Texture Analysis for Breast Cancer Risk Estimation: A Preliminary Study.- Texture Based Segmentation of Breast DCE-MRI.- Image Quality Measurements in Breast Tomosynthesis.- One Year of Experience with Remote Quality Assurance of Digital Mammography Systems in the Flemish Breast Cancer Screening Program.- Automatic Exposure Control in Digital Mammography: Contrast-to-Noise Ratio Versus Average Glandular Dose.- Effect of Anode/Filter Combination on the Dose and Image Quality of a Digital Mammography System Based on an Amorphous Selenium Detector.- Comparative Technical Study of Two Generations of CR Plates for Digital Mammography.- Comparing the Performance of Digital Mammography Systems.- Cross-Calibration and Longitudinal Quality Control of Hologic Selenia Full-Field Digital Mammography Systems for Volumetric Breast Density Measurements.- Classification of Artifacts in Clinical Digital Mammography.- Contrast Sensitivity in Mammographic Softcopy Reading ? Determination with Psychophysical Procedures.