CONICET | Buscador de Institutos y Recursos Humanos

It is well known worldwide that mammography imaging proved to be the best non invasive method for breast cancer diagnosis. However, it is required to have irradiation parameters set within Protocols recommendations (minimal dose delivering). This work presents a whole investigation about mammography image formation by means of validated Monte Carlo simulations along with corresponding dedicated image analysis and processing. Particulary, four different image processing methods have been considered, suitably introduced and investigated according to their capability for micro-calcification detection. The obtained results suggest the feasibility of all the proposed method. Furthermore, it was possible to characterize the reliability of each one and to infer the corresponding advantages/disadvantages.