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Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine

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01-03-2008

A Mammography Database and View System for African-American Patients

Authors: Shani Ross, O’tega Ejofodomi, Ahmed Jendoubi, Lisa Kinnard, Mohamed Chouika, Ben Lo, Paul Wang, Jianchao Zeng

Published in: Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine | Issue 1/2008

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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.

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Title: A Mammography Database and View System for African-American Patients
Authors: Shani Ross
O’tega Ejofodomi
Ahmed Jendoubi
Lisa Kinnard
Mohamed Chouika
Ben Lo
Paul Wang
Jianchao Zeng
Publication date: 01-03-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 2948-2925
Electronic ISSN: 2948-2933
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-007-9019-6

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