MAGIC-5: an Italian mammographic database of digitised images for research
- Authors: S TANGARO; R BELLOTTI; F DE CARLO; G GARGANO; E LATTANZIO; P MONNO; R MASSAFRA; P DELOGU; ME FANTACCI; A RETICO; M BAZZOCCHI; S BAGNASCO; P CERELLO; SC CHERAN; E LOPEZ TORRES; E ZANON; A LAURIA; A SODANO; CASCIO D; F FAUCI; R MAGRO; G RASO; R IENZI; U BOTTIGLI; GL MASALA; P OLIVA; G MELONI; AP CARICATO; R CATALDO
- Publication year: 2008
- Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/7008
Abstract
The implementation of a database of digitised mammograms is discussed. The digitised images were collected beginning in 1999 by a community of physicists in collaboration with radiologists in several Italian hospitals as a first step in developing and implementing a computer-aided detection (CAD) system. All 3,369 mammograms were collected from 967 patients and classified according to lesion type and morphology, breast tissue and pathology type. A dedicated graphical user interface was developed to visualise and process mammograms to support the medical diagnosis directly on a high-resolution screen. The database has been the starting point for developing other medical imaging applications, such as a breast CAD, currently being upgraded and optimised for use in a distributed environment with grid services, in the framework of the Instituto Nazionale di Fisicia Nucleare (INFN)-funded Medical Applications on a Grid Infrastructure Connection (MAGIC)-5 project