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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Breast Cancer Detection"”.
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Optimised Mammogram Displays for Improved Breast Cancer Detection
… on the use of symmetry as an aid to signal detection is limited and this thesis has taken a psychophysical approach to investigate the radiologist’s task of detecting a small mass (a blob) in paired mammogram backgrounds. Initial experiments used Gaussian white noise and synthetic mammogram …
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Geographic barriers to early breast cancer detection in central Illinois
Even with remarkable advancements in breast cancer detection and treatment, barriers exist to obtaining regular and effective screening and treatment. This thesis investigates the following research question: what geographic, economic, and social barriers do breast cancer patients face in accessing …
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Automated 3D breast ultrasound. Advances in breast cancer detection, diagnosis and screening
Contains fulltext : 205657.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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A Microfabricated Bioimpedance Sensor with Enhanced Sensitivity for Early Breast Cancer Detection
… highly metastatic MDA-MB-231 and normal MCF 10A breast epithelial cells and use this information to detect a very small number of breast cancer cells present in a background of normal breast cells and other cells that are typically present in a human biopsy sample.To accomplish this, a …
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Enhancing Breast Cancer Detection Through Combination of Contrastive Learning and Adversarial Domain Adaptation
The most common cancer diagnosed worldwide is breast cancer and early detection is essential for reducing mortality. The best standard for early detection of breast cancer is digital mammography, which can aid physicians in treating the illness when it is still curable. However, inaccurate …
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Metabolic Exogenous Contrast Agents for use in Breast Cancer Detection and Therapy Monitoring
… imaging gives clinicians the ability to monitor breast cancer progression and response to therapy. Modern techniques such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has allowed for clinicians to visualize the metabolic need of breast cancer and track it longitudinally. However, these techniques are …
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Microwave imaging for breast cancer detection. Safety assessment, quantitative imaging, and breast density classification.
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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The impact of simulated motion blur on breast cancer detection performance in full field digital mammography (FFDM)
… Digital Mammography (FFDM) is employed in breast screening for the early detection of breast cancer. High quality, artefact free, diagnostic images are crucial to the accuracy of this process. Unwanted motion during the image acquisition phase and subsequent image blurring is an unfortunate …
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Patterns of Use Among Mammography, Breast Self-examination and Clinical Breast Examination
… a group of women who already practice early breast cancer detection as evidenced by them already receiving mammograms. This study described frequency patterns of routine clinical breast examination (CBE) and performance of breast self-examination (BSE). Description was given to motivators and …
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Use of artificial intelligence tools for computational-aided diagnostics
… learning in an ensemble approach will enhance breast cancer detection accuracy from previously designed deep learning models in mammogram images, maintaining manageable computational demands. This hybrid model is expected to offer a scalable and computational-friendly solution for medical …
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Ultra-Wideband Imaging System For Medical Applications. Simulation models and Experimental Investigations for Early Breast Cancer & Bone Fracture Detection Using UWB Microwave Sensors
… imaging in medical applications such as early breast cancer detection, analysis of cardiac tissues, soft tissues and bones. Microwave imaging uses non-ionizing ultra wideband (UWB) electromagnetic signals and utilises tissue-dependent dielectric contrast to reconstruct signals and images using …
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Ultra-wideband antenna design for microwave imaging applications. Design, optimisation and development of ultra-wideband antennas for microwave near-field sensing tools, and study the matching and radiation purity of these antennas within near field environment.
… design for microwave imaging application such as breast cancer detection. The application is similar to the concept of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) but operating at higher frequency band. In these systems a short pulse is transmitted from an antenna to the medium and the backscattered response …
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Development of a novel probe integrated with a micro-structured impedance sensor for the detection of breast cancer
… of an innovative bioimpedance device for the detection of breast cancer using electrical impedance as the detection method. The ability for clinicians to detect and treat cancerous lesions as early as possible results in improved patient outcomes and can reduce the severity of the treatment …
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A New Breast Cancer Image Classifier Using Gaussian Mixture Model Based on Histogram and Enhanced Roughness Index
<p>Early stage breast cancer detection is a critical challenge to improve survive rate, and thus it is extremely important to perform breast tumor image classification. In this thesis, a new method based on Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) to perform the breast tumor classification into two different …
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Young Adult Women's Responses to Undergoing Treatment for Early Breast Cancer
<p>In the nearly two decades of cancer research in the United States, there has been little emphasis on the experiences of young adult women with breast cancer. I therefore adopted a qualitative multicase study method to explore the experiences of five young adult women from the time of discovery …
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Particle Manipulation Using Electric Field Gradients in Microdevices
… electrical properties of bacteria and of breast cancer cells, electrokinetics can be used to manipulate these particles for two different types of applications: tissue engineering and breast cancer detection. The first application studied the effects of electric fields on bacteria cells as …
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Segmentation, co-registration, and correlation of optical coherence tomography and X-ray images for breast cancer diagnostics
… of x-ray imaging is explored in the context of breast cancer detection and diagnosis because their clinical use could be augmented by OCT. After comparing them, each modality showed its specialized usage. Micro-CT is useful in detecting microcalcifications, the most apparent target of the …
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TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION: IMPLEMENTATION, OPTIMIZATION AND COMPARISON IN DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS
… most effective approach to detecting early stage breast cancer in the past decades of years. Tomosynthetic breast imaging is a potentially more valuable 3D technique for breast cancer detection. The limitations of current tomosynthesis systems include a longer scanning time than a conventional …
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Breast Health and Mammography Screening in Older Women
Age-related health disparities in breast cancer screening are a public health concern. From 2002 to 2006, the median age for newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer was 61 years and the median age for breast cancer mortality was 68 years of age (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results [SEER], …
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Fruit and vegetable intake and quality of life among breast cancer survivors
Background: With advances in breast cancer detection and treatment, survivors now have a 5-year survival rate > 90%. This has led to a shift in focus to improving not only survival, but also health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) after diagnosis, including physical, social, emotional, functional, …
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