Molybdenum-Palladium X-ray and Art

I have been a breast specialist for nearly 30 years and have seen countless mammograms and palladium X-rays for the diagnosis of breast diseases. In the late 1980s, I collaborated with Jiaotong University to conduct research on the application of computerized color compositing technology in the clinical diagnosis of mammograms of breast cancer, and had the opportunity to associate mammograms with art. We performed computerized color compositing of the mammograms in the study, which resulted in clearer images and clearer lesion sites, especially beneficial for the early diagnosis of breast cancer. The process of constantly changing the color of the computerized composite has simultaneously produced unexpected artistic ornamental qualities, sometimes like oil paintings and sometimes like watercolor paintings. A few vividly processed mammograms are now selected for the appreciation of the general public. Figure 1, the round mass in the picture is diagnosed as a cyst, and its cyst density is the same as the surrounding density, and the mass itself is of uniform density, and the blue envelope is also intact. The brown color of the entire picture also appears dignified, and we have used it as a layout for a breast atlas book to give a very visual sense of breast disease. Figure 2 Mammogram of breast cancer, processed by color synthesis, has strong color contrast, with three-dimensional honeycomb changes inside, and its edges are small and lobulated, and the invasion of ducts can be vaguely seen. We can imagine: the red represents the gland, and the black mass looks like a fat caterpillar eating away at the surrounding healthy tissue. Figure 3 After color processing, the interface between normal and cancerous tissues is depicted in great detail. The light blue breast fat tissue and brown glandular tissue clearly set off the yellow cancerous tissue, just like a chrysanthemum in autumn. Figure 4 After color synthesis processing, it shows that the mass is composed of many dense small dots with high density. The pale purplish red color became more pronounced the further to the edge, surrounded by a blue ring of slightly less dense tissue, which had actually been invaded in that layer. The postoperative pathology confirmed a medullary carcinoma, which resembled a purple hydrangea and gave a clear quantitative impression. I think that the color composite processing image is comparable and sensitive, and can show the density structure and edge morphology that cannot be seen from the mammogram, and these details are the important basis for identifying benign and malignant tumors. And the brighter and more beautiful the pattern color is, the more it suggests that we should pay attention to beware that it may be harmful.