Stereophotogrammetric Method For Breast Cancer Detection

D. B. Sheffer; R. E. Herron; W. M. Morek; F. Proietti-Orlandi; C. W. Loughry; R. H. Hamor; R. A. Liebelt; R. S. Varga

doi:10.1117/12.966010

12 July 1983 Stereophotogrammetric Method For Breast Cancer Detection

D. B. Sheffer, R. E. Herron, W. M. Morek, F. Proietti-Orlandi, C. W. Loughry, R. H. Hamor, R. A. Liebelt, R. S. Varga

Proceedings Volume 0361, Biostereometrics '82; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966010
Event: 26th Annual Technical Symposium, 1982, San Diego, United States

Abstract

This study reports on 29 patients (58 breasts), selected in a stratified manner to include 7 cancers, 13 benign tumors and 38 apparently normal breasts, that were subjected to biostereometric analysis. This process consisted of analysis in a blind setting of contour mammograms made from stereophotographs of the breast which resulted in the correct identification of all 7 cancers, 11 of the 13 benign tumors and 30 of the remaining 38 normal breasts. There were 8 false positives identified. This study, in conjunction with a previous study, indicates that the biostereometric analyzed contour mammograms have the potential to be developed into a process for breast cancer screening. Suggested areas for further study include volume differences in individual breasts as well as the volume differences in individual breast slices and their relationship to breast pathology.

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D. B. Sheffer, R. E. Herron, W. M. Morek, F. Proietti-Orlandi, C. W. Loughry, R. H. Hamor, R. A. Liebelt, and R. S. Varga "Stereophotogrammetric Method For Breast Cancer Detection", Proc. SPIE 0361, Biostereometrics '82, (12 July 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966010

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