MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE-ANALYSIS

We describe our recent progress aimed at computer analysis of mammogra ms. The overall aim is to provide the clinician with reliable quantita tive information. We summarist a representation we have developed of t he 'interesting' (non-adipose) tissue in a breast, then put the repres entation to work in three ways: (i) to propose a new quantitative meas ure to aid in diagnosing masses; (ii) to explore the possibility of re ducing by half the radiation dose required for a mammogram; and (iii) recalling some of the results that can be provided by differential com pression mammography, in which mammograms are taken at two slightly di fferent compressions. Copyright (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.