A training regime to learn unified representations from complementary breast imaging modalities

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Main Authors: Sharma, Umang, Park, Jungkyu, Heacock, Laura, Chopra, Sumit, Geras, Krzysztof
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author Sharma, Umang
Park, Jungkyu
Heacock, Laura
Chopra, Sumit
Geras, Krzysztof
author_facet Sharma, Umang
Park, Jungkyu
Heacock, Laura
Chopra, Sumit
Geras, Krzysztof
contents Full Field Digital Mammograms (FFDMs) and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) are the two most widely used imaging modalities for breast cancer screening. Although DBT has increased cancer detection compared to FFDM, its widespread adoption in clinical practice has been slowed by increased interpretation times and a perceived decrease in the conspicuity of specific lesion types. Specifically, the non-inferiority of DBT for microcalcifications remains under debate. Due to concerns about the decrease in visual acuity, combined DBT-FFDM acquisitions remain popular, leading to overall increased exam times and radiation dosage. Enabling DBT to provide diagnostic information present in both FFDM and DBT would reduce reliance on FFDM, resulting in a reduction in both quantities. We propose a machine learning methodology that learns high-level representations leveraging the complementary diagnostic signal from both DBT and FFDM. Experiments on a large-scale data set validate our claims and show that our representations enable more accurate breast lesion detection than any DBT- or FFDM-based model.
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spellingShingle A training regime to learn unified representations from complementary breast imaging modalities
Sharma, Umang
Park, Jungkyu
Heacock, Laura
Chopra, Sumit
Geras, Krzysztof
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Full Field Digital Mammograms (FFDMs) and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) are the two most widely used imaging modalities for breast cancer screening. Although DBT has increased cancer detection compared to FFDM, its widespread adoption in clinical practice has been slowed by increased interpretation times and a perceived decrease in the conspicuity of specific lesion types. Specifically, the non-inferiority of DBT for microcalcifications remains under debate. Due to concerns about the decrease in visual acuity, combined DBT-FFDM acquisitions remain popular, leading to overall increased exam times and radiation dosage. Enabling DBT to provide diagnostic information present in both FFDM and DBT would reduce reliance on FFDM, resulting in a reduction in both quantities. We propose a machine learning methodology that learns high-level representations leveraging the complementary diagnostic signal from both DBT and FFDM. Experiments on a large-scale data set validate our claims and show that our representations enable more accurate breast lesion detection than any DBT- or FFDM-based model.
title A training regime to learn unified representations from complementary breast imaging modalities
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08560