An ideal observer for a model of x-ray imaging in breast parenchymal tissue

Craig K. Abbey; John M Boone

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3_55

An ideal observer for a model of x-ray imaging in breast parenchymal tissue

Craig K. Abbey, John M Boone

Radiology

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Abstract

We develop and evaluate an ideal observer for model of the 3D spatial distribution of x-ray attenuation coefficients in the breast. This model relies on thresholding of an underlying Gaussian random field to generate binary objects representing the distribution of adipose and glandular tissue in the breast parenchyma. Our motivation is to evaluate an emerging breast CT device for breast cancer screening. We show how the thresholded Gaussian model fits into the Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) approach for evaluating ideal-observer performance devised by Kupinski et al. [JOSA-A, 2003], and we show some preliminary results indicating that the procedure can be made to generate qualitatively realistic simulations. We demonstrate improved performance of the MCMC ideal observer over a Hotelling linear filter in a small-scale simulation.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Pages	393-400
Number of pages	8
Volume	5116 LNCS
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3_55
State	Published - 2008
Event	9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, IWDM 2008 - Tucson, AZ, United States Duration: Jul 20 2008 → Jul 23 2008

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	5116 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	03029743
ISSN (Electronic)	16113349

Other

Other	9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, IWDM 2008
Country	United States
City	Tucson, AZ
Period	7/20/08 → 7/23/08

Keywords

Binary texture
Breast CT
Ideal observer
Screening mammography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Theoretical Computer Science

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Abbey, C. K., & Boone, J. M. (2008). An ideal observer for a model of x-ray imaging in breast parenchymal tissue. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 5116 LNCS, pp. 393-400). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5116 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3_55

An ideal observer for a model of x-ray imaging in breast parenchymal tissue. / Abbey, Craig K.; Boone, John M.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 5116 LNCS 2008. p. 393-400 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5116 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abbey, CK & Boone, JM 2008, An ideal observer for a model of x-ray imaging in breast parenchymal tissue. in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). vol. 5116 LNCS, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 5116 LNCS, pp. 393-400, 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, IWDM 2008, Tucson, AZ, United States, 7/20/08. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3_55

Abbey CK, Boone JM. An ideal observer for a model of x-ray imaging in breast parenchymal tissue. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 5116 LNCS. 2008. p. 393-400. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3_55

Abbey, Craig K. ; Boone, John M. / An ideal observer for a model of x-ray imaging in breast parenchymal tissue. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 5116 LNCS 2008. pp. 393-400 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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