An automated approach for estimation of breast density

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3090-3097

  Heine, John J ^a   Carston, Michael J ^b   Scott, Christopher G ^b   Brandt, Kathleen R ^b   Wu, Fang Fang ^b   Pankratz, Vernon Shane ^b   Sellers, Thomas A ^a   Vachon, Celine M ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESIDENTIAL AREA;

AGED; AUTOMATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 55849111899     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0170     Document Type: Article

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