Detection of breast cancer using machine learning on time-series diffuse optical transillumination data.

Journal: Journal of biomedical optics
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Abstract

SIGNIFICANCE: Optical mammography as a promising tool for cancer diagnosis has largely fallen behind expectations. Modern machine learning (ML) methods offer ways to improve cancer detection in diffuse optical transmission data.

Authors

  • Nils Harnischmacher
    HTW - University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Faculty II, KI-Werkstatt, Berlin, Germany.
  • Erik Rodner
    Computer Vision Group, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany.
  • Christoph H Schmitz
    HTW - University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Faculty I - Health Electronics, Biomedical Electronics and Applied Research (BEAR) Labs, Berlin, Germany.