Filippo Pesapane, Chiara Trentin, Federica Ferrari, Giulia Signorelli, Priyan Tantrige, Marta Montesano, Crispino Cicala, Roberto Virgoli, Silvia D'Acquisto, Luca Nicosia, Daniela Origgi, Enrico Cassano
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer screening through mammography is crucial for early detection, yet the demand for mammography services surpasses the capacity of radiologists. Artificial intelligence (AI) can assist in evaluating microcalcifications on mammography. We developed and tested an AI model for localizing and characterizing microcalcifications. METHODS: Three expert radiologists annotated a dataset of mammograms using histology-based ground truth. The dataset was partitioned for training, validation, and testing...
November 7, 2023: European Radiology Experimental