Using Gaze-tracking Data and Mixture Distribution Analysis to Support a Holistic Model for the Detection of Cancers on Mammograms

The initial detection occurs before visual scanning and, therefore, must be the result of a parallel “global” analysis of the image resulting in an initial holistic, gestalt-like perception. The development of expertise in medical image analysis may consist of a shift in the recognition mechanism from scan-look-detect to look-detect-scan.