Statistical Measures for the Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Mammographic Masses

Abstract We propose statistical measures for finding masses in mammograms. The measures are based on fitting broken line regressions to local intensity plots of the images. The method is illustrated on a small database of mammograms that have been read by a radiologist and confirmed by operative data. This work illustrates some of the statistical challenges in working with large diagnostic images

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