Subtraction of Temporally Sequential Digital Mammograms: Prediction and Localization of Near-Term Breast Cancer Occurrence.

ABSTRACT: The objective is to predict a possible near-term occurrence of a breast mass after two consecutive screening rounds with normal mammograms. For the purposes of this study, conducted between 2020 and 2024, three consecutive rounds of mammograms were collected from 75 women, 46 to 79 years old. Successive screenings had an average interval of ∼ 2 years. In each case, two mammographic views of each breast were collected, resulting in a dataset with a total of 450 images (3 × 2 × 75). The most recent mammogram was considered the "future" screening round and provided the location of a biopsy-confirmed malignant mass, serving as the ground truth for the training. The two normal previous mammograms ("prior" and "current") were processed and a new subtracted image was created for the prediction. R

SUBMITTER: Loizidou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12701212 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature