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Breast Cancer
Study results from D. Guliato and colleagues update understanding of breast cancer
July 10th, 2008
According to recent research from Minas Gerais, Brazil, "Malignant breast tumors and benign masses appear in mammograms with different shape characteristics: the former usually have rough, spiculated, or microlobulated contours, whereas the latter commonly have smooth, round, oval, or macrolobulated contours. Features that characterize shape roughness and complexity can assist in distinguishing between malignant tumors and benign masses." "Signatures of contours may be used to analyze their shapes. We propose to use a signature based on the turning angle function of contours of breast masses to derive features that capture the characteristics of shape roughness as...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-10)
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