Shape determination of microcalcifications in simulated digital mammography images with varying pixel size
(2005) Medical Imaging 2005: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment 5749(1). p.288-299- Abstract
- The purpose of this work was to study how the pixel size of digital detectors can affect shape determination of microcalcifications in mammography. Screen-film mammograms containing microcalcifications clinically proven to be indicative of malignancy were digitised at 100 lines/mm using a high-resolution Tango drum scanner. Forty microcalcifications were selected to cover an appropriate range of sizes, shapes and contrasts typically found of malignant cases. Based on the measured MTF and NPS of the combined screen-film and scanner system, these digitised images were filtered to simulate images acquired with a square sampling pixel size of 10 μm × 10 μm and a fill factor of one. To simulate images acquired with larger pixel sizes, these... (More)
- The purpose of this work was to study how the pixel size of digital detectors can affect shape determination of microcalcifications in mammography. Screen-film mammograms containing microcalcifications clinically proven to be indicative of malignancy were digitised at 100 lines/mm using a high-resolution Tango drum scanner. Forty microcalcifications were selected to cover an appropriate range of sizes, shapes and contrasts typically found of malignant cases. Based on the measured MTF and NPS of the combined screen-film and scanner system, these digitised images were filtered to simulate images acquired with a square sampling pixel size of 10 μm × 10 μm and a fill factor of one. To simulate images acquired with larger pixel sizes, these finely sampled images were re-binned to yield a range of effective pixel sizes from 20 μm up to 140 μm. An alternative forced-choice (AFC) observer experiment was conducted with eleven observers for this set of digitised microcalcifications to determine how pixel size affects the ability to discriminate shape. It was found that observer score increased with decreasing pixel size down to 60 μm (p<0.01), at which point no significant advantage was obtained by using smaller pixel sizes due to the excessive relative noise-per-pixel. The relative gain in shape discrimination ability at smaller pixel sizes was larger for microcalcifications that were smaller than 500 μm and circular (Less)
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- Ruschin, Mark LU ; Bath, M ; Hemdal, Bengt LU and Tingberg, Anders LU
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- publishing date
- 2005
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- alternative forced-choice observer, fill factor, digitised image filtering, MTF, high-resolution Tango drum scanner, screen-film mammograms, digital detectors, pixel size, simulated digital mammography images, shape determination, microcalcifications, relative noise-per-pixel, shape discrimination, relative gain, image restoration, 20 to 140 micron
- host publication
- Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
- volume
- 5749
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 288 - 299
- publisher
- SPIE
- conference name
- Medical Imaging 2005: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment
- conference location
- San Diego, CA, United States
- conference dates
- 2005-02-15
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- wos:000229068500032
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- scopus:24644479673
- ISSN
- 0277-786X
- 1996-756X
- DOI
- 10.1117/12.595377
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- English
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abstract = {{The purpose of this work was to study how the pixel size of digital detectors can affect shape determination of microcalcifications in mammography. Screen-film mammograms containing microcalcifications clinically proven to be indicative of malignancy were digitised at 100 lines/mm using a high-resolution Tango drum scanner. Forty microcalcifications were selected to cover an appropriate range of sizes, shapes and contrasts typically found of malignant cases. Based on the measured MTF and NPS of the combined screen-film and scanner system, these digitised images were filtered to simulate images acquired with a square sampling pixel size of 10 μm × 10 μm and a fill factor of one. To simulate images acquired with larger pixel sizes, these finely sampled images were re-binned to yield a range of effective pixel sizes from 20 μm up to 140 μm. An alternative forced-choice (AFC) observer experiment was conducted with eleven observers for this set of digitised microcalcifications to determine how pixel size affects the ability to discriminate shape. It was found that observer score increased with decreasing pixel size down to 60 μm (p<0.01), at which point no significant advantage was obtained by using smaller pixel sizes due to the excessive relative noise-per-pixel. The relative gain in shape discrimination ability at smaller pixel sizes was larger for microcalcifications that were smaller than 500 μm and circular}},
author = {{Ruschin, Mark and Bath, M and Hemdal, Bengt and Tingberg, Anders}},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering}},
issn = {{0277-786X}},
keywords = {{alternative forced-choice observer; fill factor; digitised image filtering; MTF; high-resolution Tango drum scanner; screen-film mammograms; digital detectors; pixel size; simulated digital mammography images; shape determination; microcalcifications; relative noise-per-pixel; shape discrimination; relative gain; image restoration; 20 to 140 micron}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1}},
pages = {{288--299}},
publisher = {{SPIE}},
title = {{Shape determination of microcalcifications in simulated digital mammography images with varying pixel size}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.595377}},
doi = {{10.1117/12.595377}},
volume = {{5749}},
year = {{2005}},
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