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Data-mining technology will be able to search the database for images that
are “similar” to the one being looked at — and have a known diagnosis.
Plan to increase over the next 2-5 years to two views of the mammogram per
breast, meaning more than 6 million mammograms per year.
5.5 Conclusion
Cancer has been regarded as one of the most challenging research topics for the
medical institutions. As a definite cure seems not to be within the researchers’
sight, preventive examinations and early diagnosis have been the best weapons
with which doctors have been fighting this disease. In this context, the analysis of
medical images plays a major role in cancer diagnosis and prevention.
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