Ultrasound image processing for screening

Abstract

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[EN] Prostate cancer is one of the most usual diseases affecting the ageing male population. Detection of the cancer in an early stage is crucial for a successful treatment. When dealing with this illness, the expertise of the general practitioner is key for a prompt and effective diagnosis, but training a doctor is hard, expensive and time consuming. Additionally, many of the explorations carried out at hospitals are unnecessary. The development of a cheap ultrasound scanner affordable for small clinics would solve these two issues by enabling a quick screening of patients at point of care. This paper describes a new approach to prostate cancer detection and explains the development of complementary software based on image processing and specific patient data.