Attention-map augmentation for hypercomplex breast cancer classification

Eleonora Lopez, Filippo Betello, Federico Carmignani, Eleonora Grassucci, Danilo Comminiello

Abstract: Highlights•Deep learning enhances breast cancer diagnosis.•Mammogram mass discrimination is challenging.•Attention maps can highlight the small ROI.•Attention map-augmentation can condition a hypercomplex network to improve performance.•Hypercomplex algebra exploits the additional information provided by the attention map.