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Mahant SS, Varma AR. Artificial Intelligence in Breast Ultrasound: The Emerging Future of Modern Medicine. Cureus 2022; 14:e28945. [PMID: 36237807 PMCID: PMC9547651 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.28945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
In today's world, progressively enormous popularity prevails around artificial intelligence (AI). AI is gaining popularity in the identification of various images. Therefore, it has been widely used in the ultrasound of the breast. Furthermore, AI can perform a quantitative evaluation, which further helps maintain the diagnosis's accuracy. Moreover, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, posing a severe threat to women's health. Hence, its early detection is usually associated with a patient's prognosis. As a result, using AI in breast cancer screening and detection is highly crucial. The concept of AI in the perspective of breast ultrasound has been highlighted in this brief review article. It tends to focus on early AI, i.e., traditional machine learning and deep learning algorithms. Also, the use of AI in ultrasound and the use of it in mammography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine imaging, and classification of breast lesions is broadly explained, along with the challenges faced in bringing AI into daily practice.
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Lei YM, Yin M, Yu MH, Yu J, Zeng SE, Lv WZ, Li J, Ye HR, Cui XW, Dietrich CF. Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging of the Breast. Front Oncol 2021; 11:600557. [PMID: 34367938 PMCID: PMC8339920 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.600557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has invaded our daily lives, and in the last decade, there have been very promising applications of AI in the field of medicine, including medical imaging, in vitro diagnosis, intelligent rehabilitation, and prognosis. Breast cancer is one of the common malignant tumors in women and seriously threatens women’s physical and mental health. Early screening for breast cancer via mammography, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can significantly improve the prognosis of patients. AI has shown excellent performance in image recognition tasks and has been widely studied in breast cancer screening. This paper introduces the background of AI and its application in breast medical imaging (mammography, ultrasound and MRI), such as in the identification, segmentation and classification of lesions; breast density assessment; and breast cancer risk assessment. In addition, we also discuss the challenges and future perspectives of the application of AI in medical imaging of the breast.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yu-Meng Lei
- Department of Medical Ultrasound, China Resources & Wisco General Hospital, Academic Teaching Hospital of Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, China Resources & Wisco General Hospital, Academic Teaching Hospital of Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, China Resources & Wisco General Hospital, Academic Teaching Hospital of Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, China Resources & Wisco General Hospital, Academic Teaching Hospital of Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Artificial Intelligence, Julei Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, China Resources & Wisco General Hospital, Academic Teaching Hospital of Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department Allgemeine Innere Medizin (DAIM), Kliniken Beau Site, Salem und Permanence, Bern, Switzerland
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