Running the Software

Command line options

breastMass is run from the command line and requires that a single command line options be specified:

> breastMass -c <configFile>

required command line argument

-c configFile a configuration file specifying all mass parameters

optional command line argument

-h print a help message

Operating Mode

breastMass is run from the command line. A configuration file must be provided as in the following example:

> breastCrop -c mass.cfg

See subsequent sections of this documentation for the output file formats and configuration file details.

Sample Configuration Files

The /cfg directory contains several sample configuration files

testMass.cfg
A random 20mm diameter mass without spicules generated at 0.1 mm resolution
testSpiculated.cfg
A random 20mm diameter mass with spicules generated at 0.1 mm resolution
VICTREMass.cfg
The 5mm diameter spiculed mass used in the VICTRE study with specific random number seed (0.05 mm voxel resolution)