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A Mammography Database and View System for African-American Patients
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A Mammography Database and View System for African-American Patients
Shani Ross1, 2  , O’tega Ejofodomi2, Ahmed Jendoubi2, Lisa Kinnard3, Mohamed Chouika2 , Ben Lo3, Paul Wang4 and Jianchao Zeng2
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Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
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Electrical and Computer Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA |
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Radiology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA |
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Radiology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA |
Published online: 29 March 2007
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.
Key words African-American women - breast cancer - database - mammography - mammogram - digitization - image viewer - Howard University
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