Globally-Aware Multiple Instance Classifier for Breast Cancer Screening

Yiqiu Shen, Nan Wu, Jason Phang, Jungkyu Park, Gene Kim, Linda Moy, Kyunghyun Cho, Krzysztof J. Geras

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Abstract

Deep learning models designed for visual classification tasks on natural images have become prevalent in medical image analysis. However, medical images differ from typical natural images in many ways, such as significantly higher resolutions and smaller regions of interest. Moreover, both the global structure and local details play important roles in medical image analysis tasks. To address these unique properties of medical images, we propose a neural network that is able to classify breast cancer lesions utilizing information from both a global saliency map and multiple local patches. The proposed model outperforms the ResNet-based baseline and achieves radiologist-level performance in the interpretation of screening mammography. Although our model is trained only with image-level labels, it is able to generate pixel-level saliency maps that provide localization of possible malignant findings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMachine Learning in Medical Imaging - 10th International Workshop, MLMI 2019, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2019, Proceedings
EditorsHeung-Il Suk, Mingxia Liu, Chunfeng Lian, Pingkun Yan
PublisherSpringer
Pages18-26
Number of pages9
Volume11861
ISBN (Print)9783030326913
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event10th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2019 held in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: Oct 13 2019Oct 13 2019

Publication series

NameMachine learning in medical imaging. MLMI (Workshop)

Conference

Conference10th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2019 held in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period10/13/1910/13/19

Keywords

  • Breast cancer screening
  • Deep learning
  • High-resolution image classification
  • Neural networks
  • Weakly supervised localization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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