Breast density analysis for whole breast ultrasound images

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4933-4943

  Chen, Jeon Hor ^a   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^b   Chien, Kuang Che Chang ^c   Takada, Etsuo ^d   Moon, Woo Kyung ^e   Wu, Jeffery H K ^f   Cho, Nariya ^e   Wang, Yi Fa ^c   Chang, Ruey Feng ^a,g  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^f CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast density; Mammogram; Mammographic density; Ultrasound; Whole breast ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GRADING; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPECKLE; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; X RAY SCREENS;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST ULTRASOUND; MAMMOGRAM; MAMMOGRAPHIC DENSITY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VOLUMETRY; X RAY;

EID: 70350732549     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3233682     Document Type: Article

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