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Breast Cancer Screening
Reports from Howard University add new data to research in breast cancer screening
April 24th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "We have digitized mammography films of African-American patients treated in the Howard University Hospital Radiology Department and have developed a database using these images. Two hundred and sixty cases totaling more than 5,000 images have been scanned with a high resolution Kodak LS85 laser scanner." "The database system and web-based search engine were developed using MySQL and PHP. The database has been evaluated by medical professionals, and the experimental results obtained so far are promising with high image quality and fast access time. We have also developed an image viewing system, D-Viewer, to display...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-24)
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