Meritxell Arenas

Dr. Meritxell Arenas

Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43204 Reus, Spain
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Academic Career Length

70Years (1957-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2015 in Radiotherapy and Oncology
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BOBirgitte V. Offersen
Birgitte V. Offersen
LBLiesbeth J. Boersma
Liesbeth J. Boersma
CKCarine Kirkove
Carine Kirkove
SHSandra Hol
Sandra Hol
MAMarianne C. Aznar
Marianne C. Aznar
PPPhilip Poortmans
Philip Poortmans

1 January 2016 in Radiotherapy and Oncology
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BOBirgitte V. Offersen
Birgitte V. Offersen
LBLiesbeth J. Boersma
Liesbeth J. Boersma
CKCarine Kirkove
Carine Kirkove
SHSandra Hol
Sandra Hol
MAMarianne C. Aznar
Marianne C. Aznar
PPPhilip Poortmans
Philip Poortmans

22 August 2012 in Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
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Meritxell ArenasMeritxell Arenas
Meritxell Arenas
SSSebastia Sabater
Sebastia Sabater
VHV. Hernández
V. Hernández
Ángeles RovirosaÁngeles Rovirosa
Ángeles Rovirosa
PLP.C. Lara
P.C. Lara
JPJ. Panés
J. Panés

1 August 2019 in Radiotherapy and Oncology
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OKOrit Kaidar-Person
Orit Kaidar-Person
BOBirgitte Vrou Offersen
Birgitte Vrou Offersen
SHSandra Hol
Sandra Hol
Meritxell ArenasMeritxell Arenas
Meritxell Arenas
CACynthia Aristei
Cynthia Aristei
PPPhilip M.P. Poortmans
Philip M.P. Poortmans

23 November 2020 in Diagnostics
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Nasibeh SaffariNasibeh Saffari
Nasibeh Saffari
HRHatem A. Rashwan
Hatem A. Rashwan
Mohamed Abdel-NasserMohamed Abdel-Nasser
Mohamed Abdel-Nasser
Vivek kumar SinghVivek kumar Singh
Vivek kumar Singh
Meritxell ArenasMeritxell Arenas
Meritxell Arenas
DPDomenec Puig
Domenec Puig
Breast density estimation with visual evaluation is still challenging due to low contrast and significant fluctuations in the mammograms’ fatty tissue background. The primary key to breast density classification is to detect the dense tissues in the mammographic images correctly. Many methods have been proposed for breast density estimation; nevertheless, most of them are not fully automated. Besides, they have been badly affected by low signal-to-noise ratio and variability of density in appearance and texture. This study intends to develop a fully automated and digitalized breast tissue segmentation and classification using advanced deep learning techniques. The conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (cGAN) network is applied to segment the dense tissues in mammograms. To have a complete system for breast density classification, we propose a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to classify mammograms based on the standardization of Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS). The classification network is fed by the segmented masks of dense tissues generated by the cGAN network. For screening mammography, 410 images of 115 patients from the INbreast dataset were used. The proposed framework can segment the dense regions with an accuracy, Dice coefficient, Jaccard index of 98%, 88%, and 78%, respectively. Furthermore, we obtained precision, sensitivity, and specificity of 97.85%, 97.85%, and 99.28%, respectively, for breast density classification. This study’s findings are promising and show that the proposed deep learning-based techniques can produce a clinically useful computer-aided tool for breast density analysis by digital mammography.

1 October 2006 in International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
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Meritxell ArenasMeritxell Arenas
Meritxell Arenas
FGFèlix Gil
Fèlix Gil
MGMeritxell Gironella
Meritxell Gironella
VHVíctor Hernández
Víctor Hernández
SJSandra Jorcano
Sandra Jorcano
JPJulián Panés
Julián Panés