The EMory BrEast Imaging Dataset (EMBED): A Racially Diverse, Granular Dataset of 3.4 Million Screening and Diagnostic Mammographic Images

Overview

Journal Radiol Artif Intell

Specialties Biomedical Engineering
Radiology

Date 2023 Feb 1

PMID 36721407

Authors

Jiwoong J Jeong

Brianna L Vey

Ananth Bhimireddy

Thomas Kim

Thiago Santos

Ramon Correa

Raman Dutt

Marina Mosunjac

Gabriela Oprea-Ilies

Geoffrey Smith

MinJae Woo

Christopher R McAdams

Mary S Newell

Imon Banerjee

Judy Gichoya

Hari Trivedi

Affiliations

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Abstract

Mammography, Breast, Machine Learning © RSNA, 2023.

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