Mass detection on mammograms: Influence of signal shape uncertainty on human and model observers

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 425-436

  Castella, C ^a,b   Eckstein, M P ^c   Abbey, C K ^c   Kinkel, K ^d   Verdun, F R ^a   Saunders, R S ^e   Samei, E ^e   Bochud, F O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Clinique des Grangettes   (Switzerland)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION TASKS; HUMAN OBSERVERS; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL NOISE; MAMMOGRAPHIC; MASS DETECTIONS; MODEL OBSERVERS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; REAL IMAGES; SIGNAL SHAPES; SIGNAL VARIABILITIES; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITIES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 60949093021     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.000425     Document Type: Article

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