Comparing a new volumetric breast density method (Volpara™) to Cumulus

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6136 LNCS, Issue , 2010, Pages 408-413

  Jeffreys, Mona ^a   Harvey, Jennifer ^b   Highnam, Ralph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Matakina Technology Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast density; Volpara; volumetric

Indexed keywords

BI-RADS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; GOLD STANDARDS; THRESHOLDING; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 77954646473     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13666-5_55     Document Type: Conference Paper

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