Automated analysis of mammographic densities and breast carcinoma risk

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-74

  Byng, Jeffrey W ^a   Yaffe, Martin J ^a   Lockwood, Gina A ^b   Little, Laurie E ^b   Tritchier, David L ^b   Boyd, Norman F ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast carcinoma; Mammography; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030947391     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970701)80:1<66::AID-CNCR9>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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