Towards Automated Semantic Segmentation in Mammography Images for Enhanced Clinical Applications.

Mammography images are widely used to detect non-palpable breast lesions or nodules, aiding in cancer prevention and enabling timely intervention when necessary. To support medical analysis, computer-aided detection systems can automate the segmentation of landmark structures, which is helpful in lo...

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Publicado en:Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 2260 - 2281
Autores principales: Sierra-Franco, Cesar A., Hurtado, Jan, de A. Thomaz, Victor, da Cruz, Leonardo C., Silva, Santiago V., Silva-Calpa, Greis Francy M., Raposo, Alberto
Formato: diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Aug2025
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          Sierra-Franco, Cesar A.
          Hurtado, Jan
          de A. Thomaz, Victor
          da Cruz, Leonardo C.
          Silva, Santiago V.
          Silva-Calpa, Greis Francy M.
          Raposo, Alberto
        affil: https://ror.org/01dg47b60 Tecgraf Institute and Department of Informatics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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          Mammography Utilization
          Breast Neoplasms Diagnosis
          Image Processing, Computer Assisted Utilization
          Diagnostic Imaging Methods
          Deep Learning Methods
          Nipples Radiography
          Pectoralis Muscles Radiography
          Adipose Tissue Radiography
          Breast Tissue Density Radiography
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          Female
          Diagnosis, Computer Assisted
          Retrospective Design
          Hospitals
          Data Curation
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      ab: Mammography images are widely used to detect non-palpable breast lesions or nodules, aiding in cancer prevention and enabling timely intervention when necessary. To support medical analysis, computer-aided detection systems can automate the segmentation of landmark structures, which is helpful in locating abnormalities and evaluating image acquisition adequacy. This paper presents a deep learning-based framework for segmenting the nipple, the pectoral muscle, the fibroglandular tissue, and the fatty tissue in standard-view mammography images. To the best of our knowledge, we introduce the largest dataset dedicated to mammography segmentation of key anatomical structures, specifically designed to train deep learning models for this task. Through comprehensive experiments, we evaluated various deep learning model architectures and training configurations, demonstrating robust segmentation performance across diverse and challenging cases. These results underscore the framework's potential for clinical integration. In our experiments, four semantic segmentation architectures were compared, all showing suitability for the target problem, thereby offering flexibility in model selection. Beyond segmentation, we introduce a suite of applications derived from this framework to assist in clinical assessments. These include automating tasks such as multi-view lesion registration and anatomical position estimation, evaluating image acquisition quality, measuring breast density, and enhancing visualization of breast tissues, thus addressing critical needs in breast cancer screening and diagnosis.
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