Mammographic density estimation: Comparison among BI-RADS categories, a semi-automated software and a fully automated one

Breast

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Tagliafico, Alberto ^a   Tagliafico, Giulio ^a,b   Tosto, Simona ^a   Chiesa, Fabio ^a   Martinoli, Carlo ^a   Derchi, Lorenzo E ^a   Calabrese, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b 3TC Engineering   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated evaluation; Breast; Breast density; Inter observer variability; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 59849128380     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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