MAGIC-5: an Italian mammographic database of digitised images for research.
The implementation of a database of digitised mammograms is discussed. The digitised images were collected beginning in 1999 by a community of physicists in collaboration with radiologists in several Italian hospitals as a first step in developing and implementing a computer-aided detection (CAD) system. All 3,369 mammograms were collected from 967 patients and classified according to lesion type and morphology, breast tissue and pathology type. A dedicated graphical user interface was developed to visualise and process mammograms to support the medical diagnosis directly on a high-resolution screen. The database has been the starting point for developing other medical imaging applications, such as a breast CAD, currently being upgraded and optimised for use in a distributed environment with grid services, in the framework of the Instituto Nazionale di Fisicia Nucleare (INFN)-funded Medical Applications on a Grid Infrastructure Connection (MAGIC)-5 project.
Tangaro
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via Amendola 173, 70126 Bari, Italy. sonia.tangaro@ba.infn.it
Bellotti
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De Carlo
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Gargano
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Lattanzio
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Monno
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Massafra
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Delogu
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Fantacci
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Retico
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Bazzocchi
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Bagnasco
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Cerello
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Cheran
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Lopez Torres
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Zanon
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Lauria
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Sodano
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Cascio
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Fauci
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Magro
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Raso
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Ienzi
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Bottigli
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Masala
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Oliva
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Meloni
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Caricato
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Cataldo
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed