1. Project Summary Medical Decision-Support System Based on Image Processing for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research Institute for Logistics and Production Systems Information Technology Department H-3519 Miskolctapolca, Iglói u. 2., Hungary informatika@bzlogi.hu http://www.bzlogi.hu

2. Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research Institute of Logistics and Production Systems http://www.bzlogi.hu Project details Name of the project Development of a medical decision support and archiving system based on image processing, which intends to make use of the results of research on artificial intelligence in the early detecting and differentiating of breast cancer and in the monitoring of treatment results Date –Start date of the project: 20/02/2002 –Estimated end of the project: 26/09/2003 Consortium members –Bay Zoltán Foundation (Zoltán Hoffman) –International Medical Center (dr Zoltán Katona)

3. Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research Institute of Logistics and Production Systems http://www.bzlogi.hu Why... The aim of the project –To develop a medical decision-support system based on image processing and artificial intelligence methods –To create Pathological Data Warehouse The importance of early diagnoses –For the patient: More chance for recovery –For the hospital: The total cost of the treatment is significantly reduced

4. Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research Institute of Logistics and Production Systems http://www.bzlogi.hu System layout...

5. Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research Institute of Logistics and Production Systems http://www.bzlogi.hu Data sources...

6. Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research Institute of Logistics and Production Systems http://www.bzlogi.hu Steps taken... Creating the logical and physical system plan Defining the relevant groups of information (information to get by image processing, questionnaires, etc.) Determining the image processing algorithms Developing and testing the image processing module Designing the central data warehouse and its user interface

7. Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research Institute of Logistics and Production Systems http://www.bzlogi.hu Steps taken... Configuring and using the databases with test data sets Datamining Developing and testing the artificial intelligence module Linking the modules together, testing and fixing Creating user interfaces and documentations

8. Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research Institute of Logistics and Production Systems http://www.bzlogi.hu An image to be processed...