OPTIMIZED DECISION FUSION OF HETEROGENEOUS DATA FOR BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS by

OPTIMIZED DECISION FUSION OF HETEROGENEOUS DATA FOR BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS by Jonathan Lee Jesneck Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ________________________________ Joseph Y. Lo, Ph.D., Supervisor ________________________________ Jay A. Baker, M.D. ________________________________ Alexander J. Hartemink, Ph.D. ________________________________ Sayan Mukherjee, Ph.D. ________________________________ Kathryn R. Nightingale, Ph.D. ________________________________ Loren W. Nolte, Ph.D. An abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Graduate School of Duke University 2007