Indra Kanta Maitra, Samir Kumar Bandyopadhyay
The meaning of breast is either of the two soft, protruding organs on the upper front of a woman’s body which secrete milk after childbirth. In scientific term breast is referred as mammary gland. The different technologies which are used to view the human body in order to diagnose, monitor or treat medical conditions are referred to as Medical Imaging. Specific technologies are used to investigate and analyse different information about the explicit area of the body being studied or treated, related to possible disease, injury or the helpful for medical treatment. There are several medical imaging technologies that are used nowadays like X-ray, Ultrasonography (USG), Computer Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) etc. In breast cancer diagnosis several imaging technologies are used including Mammography, Ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Mammogram is one of popular technique to identify breast cancer. This paper discusses process used in medical imaging technologies for breast cancer detection.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mammogram and Breast cancer diagnosis