NASA is releasing this story in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Caption: The left image shows an original mammogram before MED-SEG processing. The image on the right, with region of interest (white) labeled, shows a mammogram after MED-SEG processing.
Credit: Bartron Medical Imaging
NASA software used to enhance Earth Science Imagery could one day aid in the interpretation of mammograms, ultrasounds and other medical imagery.
The new MED-SEG system, developed by Bartron Medical Imaging, Inc., a Connecticut-based small company, with satellite offices in Maryland, relies on an innovative software program developed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to help doctors analyze mammograms, ultrasounds, digital X-rays, and other medical imaging tests.
“The use of this computer-based technology could minimize human error that occurs when evaluating radiologic films and might allow for earlier detection of abnormalities within the tissues being imaged,” said Dr. Thomas Rutherford, a medical doctor and director of gynecologic oncology at Yale University.
To read more go to: www.nasa.gov/topics/nasalife/features/medical-imagery.html
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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Severin K 33 months ago | reply
similarity of systems
Terra Vermelha 33 months ago | reply
Nice!
AbrashTX 33 months ago | reply
As someone with a family history of breast cancer, I am thrilled at the prospect that this technology from NASA may be able to save lives.
Dimbledar 33 months ago | reply
Awesome!