A mammographic dilemma: calcification or haemosiderin as a cause of opacities? Validation of a new digital diagnostic tool
M Yam, DPhil1,
J Tchou, MD, PhD2,
R English, MBChB, MRCP, FRCR3,
R Highnam, DPhil4,
R Highnam, DPhil4,
D Roskell, MA, BMBCh, MRCPath5,
M Greenall, MBChB, ChM, FRCR6 and
M Brady, FRS, FEng1
1Medical Vision Laboratory, Robotics Research, Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK, 2Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, Departments of 3Radiology, 5Histopathology and 6Surgery, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK and 4Mirada Solutions Ltd., Oxford Centre for Innovation, Mill Street, Oxford OX2 0JX, UK
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Figure 1. Perle's stain showing iron in macrophages.
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Figure 2. (a) Regions a1, a2 and a3 extracted from image sample I1CC of the craniocaudal view. (b) Regions c1 and c2 extracted from image sample I1MLO of the mediolateral oblique view. These regions correspond to the breast region where biopsy was performed.
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