title: A mammography database and view system for African-American patients.
abstract: We have digitized mammography films of African-American patients treated in the Howard University Hospital Radiology Department and have developed a database using these images. Two hundred and sixty cases totaling more than 5,000 images have been scanned with a high resolution Kodak LS85 laser scanner. The database system and web-based search engine were developed using MySQL and PHP. The database has been evaluated by medical professionals, and the experimental results obtained so far are promising with high image quality and fast access time. We have also developed an image viewing system, D-Viewer, to display these digitized mammograms. This viewer is coded in Microsoft Visual C# and is intended to help medical professionals view and retrieve large data sets in near real time. Finally, we are currently developing an image content-based retrieval function for the database system to provide improved search capability for the medical professionals.
authors: Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA,
authors: Shani
authors: S
authors: Ross
authors: O'tega
authors: O
authors: Ejofodomi
authors: Ahmed
authors: A
authors: Jendoubi
authors: Lisa
authors: L
authors: Kinnard
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Chouika
authors: Ben
authors: B
authors: Lo
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Wang
authors: Jianchao
authors: J
authors: Zeng
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019992:Databases as Topic; D004219:District of Columbia; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted