TY - JOUR
T1 - Feasibility of telemammography as a biomedical application for breast imaging
AU - Beckerman, Barbara G.
AU - Batsell, Stephen G.
AU - MacIntyre, Lawrence P.
AU - Sarraf, Hamed S.
AU - Gleason, Shaun S.
AU - Schnall, Mitchell D.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Mammographic screening is an important tool in the early detection of breast cancer. The migration of mammography from the current mode of x-ray mammography using a film screen image detector and display to a digital technology provides an opportunity to improve access and performance of breast cancer screening. The sheer size and volume of the typical screening exam, the need to have previous screening data readily available, and the need to view other breast imaging data together to provide a common consensus and to plan treatment, make telemammography an ideal application for breast imaging. For telemammography to be a viable option, it must overcome the technical challenges related to transmission, archiving, management, processing and retrieval of large data sets. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago and Lockheed Martin Energy Systems/Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a framework for transmission of large-scale medical images over high-speed networks, leveraged existing high-speed networks between research and medical facilities; tested the feasibility of point-to-point transmission of mammographic images in a near-real time environment; evaluated network performance and transmission scenarios; and investigated the impact of image pre-processing on an experimental computer-aided diagnosis system. Results of the initial study are reported here.
AB - Mammographic screening is an important tool in the early detection of breast cancer. The migration of mammography from the current mode of x-ray mammography using a film screen image detector and display to a digital technology provides an opportunity to improve access and performance of breast cancer screening. The sheer size and volume of the typical screening exam, the need to have previous screening data readily available, and the need to view other breast imaging data together to provide a common consensus and to plan treatment, make telemammography an ideal application for breast imaging. For telemammography to be a viable option, it must overcome the technical challenges related to transmission, archiving, management, processing and retrieval of large data sets. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago and Lockheed Martin Energy Systems/Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a framework for transmission of large-scale medical images over high-speed networks, leveraged existing high-speed networks between research and medical facilities; tested the feasibility of point-to-point transmission of mammographic images in a near-real time environment; evaluated network performance and transmission scenarios; and investigated the impact of image pre-processing on an experimental computer-aided diagnosis system. Results of the initial study are reported here.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0032674087
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 3595
SP - 49
EP - 60
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
T2 - Proceedings of the 1999 Biomedical Diagnostic, Guidance, and Surgical-Assist Systems
Y2 - 26 January 1999 through 27 January 1999
ER -