Texture analysis of tissue surrounding microcalcifications on mammograms for breast cancer diagnosisA Karahaliou, S Skiadopoulos, I Boniatis, P Sakell

Texture analysis of tissue surrounding microcalcifications on mammograms for breast cancer diagnosis
A Karahaliou, S Skiadopoulos, I Boniatis, P Sakellaropoulos, E Likaki, G Panayiotakis, and L Costaridou
Br J Radiol 2007;80 648-656

http://bjr.birjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/956/648?etoc

Diagnosis of microcalcifications (MCs) is challenged by the presence of dense breast parenchyma, resulting in low specificity values and thus in unnecessary biopsies. The current study investigates whether texture properties of the tissue surrounding MCs can contribute to breast cancer diagnosis