--- a +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<div class="sc-jegwdG lhLRCf"><div class="sc-UEtKG dGqiYy sc-flttKd cguEtd"><div class="sc-fqwslf gsqkEc"><div class="sc-cBQMlg kAHhUk"><h2 class="sc-dcKlJK sc-cVttbi gqEuPW ksnHgj">About Dataset</h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-davvxH eCVTlP"><div class="sc-jCNfQM ikRdXB"><div style="min-height: 80px;"><div class="sc-etVRix jqYJaa sc-gVIFzB gQKGyV"><h3>Content</h3> +<p>The data is images and labels / annotations for mammography scans. More about the database can be found at <a rel="noreferrer nofollow" aria-label="MIAS (opens in a new tab)" target="_blank" href="http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/info/mias.html">MIAS</a>. The 'Preview' kernel shows how the Info.txt and PGM files can be parsed correctly.</p> +<h3>Labels</h3> +<ul> +<li><p>1st column:<br> +MIAS database reference number.</p></li> +<li><p>2nd column:<br> +Character of background tissue:<br> +F Fatty<br> +G Fatty-glandular<br> +D Dense-glandular</p></li> +<li><p>3rd column:<br> +Class of abnormality present:<br> +CALC Calcification<br> +CIRC Well-defined/circumscribed masses<br> +SPIC Spiculated masses<br> +MISC Other, ill-defined masses<br> +ARCH Architectural distortion<br> +ASYM Asymmetry<br> +NORM Normal</p></li> +<li><p>4th column:<br> +Severity of abnormality;<br> +B Benign<br> +M Malignant</p></li> +<li><p>5th, 6th columns:<br> +x,y image-coordinates of centre of abnormality.</p></li> +<li><p>7th column:<br> +Approximate radius (in pixels) of a circle enclosing the abnormality.<br> +There are also several things you should note:<br> +The list is arranged in pairs of films, where each pair represents the left (even filename numbers) and right mammograms (odd filename numbers) of a single patient.<br> +The size of all the images is 1024 pixels x 1024 pixels. The images have been centered in the matrix.<br> +When calcifications are present, centre locations and radii apply to clusters rather than individual calcifications. Coordinate system origin is the bottom-left corner.<br> +In some cases calcifications are widely distributed throughout the image rather than concentrated at a single site. In these cases centre locations and radii are inappropriate and have been omitted.</p></li> +</ul> +<h3>Acknowledgements/LICENCE</h3> +<p>MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE ANALYSIS SOCIETY<br> + MiniMammographic Database<br> + LICENCE AGREEMENT<br> +This is a legal agreement between you, the end user and the<br> +Mammographic Image Analysis Society ("MIAS"). Upon installing the <br> +MiniMammographic database (the "DATABASE") on your system you are<br> +agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.</p> +<ol> +<li>GRANT OF LICENCE<br> +MIAS grants you the right to use the DATABASE, for research purposes <br> +ONLY. For this purpose, you may edit, format, or otherwise modify the<br> +DATABASE provided that the unmodified portions of the DATABASE included<br> +in a modified work shall remain subject to the terms of this Agreement.</li> +<li>COPYRIGHT<br> +The DATABASE is owned by MIAS and is protected by United Kingdom<br> +copyright laws, international treaty provisions and all other<br> +applicable national laws. Therefore you must treat the DATABASE<br> +like any other copyrighted material. If the DATABASE is used in any<br> +publications then reference must be made to the DATABASE within that<br> +publication.</li> +<li>OTHER RESTRICTIONS<br> +You may not rent, lease or sell the DATABASE.</li> +<li>LIABILITY<br> +To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, MIAS shall not<br> +be liable for damages, other than death or personal injury,<br> +whatsoever (including without limitation, damages for negligence,<br> +loss of business, profits, business interruption, loss of<br> +business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the<br> +use of or inability to use this DATABASE, even if MIAS has been<br> +advised of the possibility of such damages. In any case, MIAS's<br> +entire liability under this Agreement shall be limited to the<br> +amount actually paid by you or your assignor, as the case may be,<br> +for the DATABASE.</li> +</ol> +<h3>Inspiration</h3> +<p>Automatically finding lesions would be a very helpful tool for physicians, also predicting malignancy based on a found/marked lesion</p></div></div></div> \ No newline at end of file