Athanasios Koutras

Dr. Athanasios Koutras

University of Peloponnese, Pátrai, Greece
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Academic Career Length

28Years (1999-Present)

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

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1 September 2002 in Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
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ICI. Christoyianni
I. Christoyianni
Athanasios KoutrasAthanasios Koutras
Athanasios Koutras
EDE. Dermatas
E. Dermatas
GKG. Kokkinakis
G. Kokkinakis

1 June 2023 in Signals
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DIONYSIOS ST. ANYFANTISDIONYSIOS ST. ANYFANTIS
DIONYSIOS ST. ANYFANTIS
Athanasios KoutrasAthanasios Koutras
Athanasios Koutras
George ApostolopoulosGeorge Apostolopoulos
George Apostolopoulos
Ioanna ChristoyianniIoanna Christoyianni
Ioanna Christoyianni
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and a significant health issue worldwide. According to the World Health Organization’s cancer awareness recommendations, mammographic screening should be regularly performed on middle-aged or older women to increase the chances of early cancer detection. Breast density is widely known to be related to the risk of cancer development. The American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System categorizes mammography into four levels based on breast density, ranging from ACR-A (least dense) to ACR-D (most dense). Computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) systems can now detect suspicious regions in mammograms and identify abnormalities more quickly and accurately than human readers. However, their performance is still influenced by the tissue density level, which must be considered when designing such systems. In this paper, we propose a novel method that uses CycleGANs to transform suspicious regions of mammograms from ACR-B, -C, and -D levels to ACR-A level. This transformation aims to reduce the masking effect caused by thick tissue and separate cancerous regions from surrounding tissue. Our proposed system enhances the performance of conventional CNN-based classifiers significantly by focusing on regions of interest that would otherwise be misidentified due to fatty masking. Extensive testing on different types of mammograms (digital and scanned X-ray film) demonstrates the effectiveness of our system in identifying normal, benign, and malignant regions of interest.

1 February 2019
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Athanasios KoutrasAthanasios Koutras
Athanasios Koutras
INIoannis A. Nikas
Ioannis A. Nikas
APAlkiviadis Panagopoulos
Alkiviadis Panagopoulos


27 September 2018
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Athanasios KoutrasAthanasios Koutras
Athanasios Koutras
GKGeorge K. Kostopoulos
George K. Kostopoulos