Breast density measurement: 3D cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images versus 2D digital mammograms

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Han, Tao ^a   Lai, Chao Jen ^a   Chen, Lingyun ^a   Liu, Xinming ^a   Shen, Youtao ^a   Zhong, Yuncheng ^a   Ge, Shuaiping ^a   Yi, Ying ^a   Wang, Tianpeng ^a   Yang, Wei T ^a   Shaw, Chris C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast density; Cone beam CT; Mammogram; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BI-RADS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER RISK; BREAST DENSITY; CONE BEAM CT; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; CUPPING ARTIFACTS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS; MAMMOGRAM; MAMMOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION; NOISE LEVELS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; RISK FACTORS; SEGMENTATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RISK PERCEPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66749086452     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.813823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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