Estimation of breast density: An adaptive moment preserving method for segmentation of fibroglandular tissue in breast magnetic resonance images

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Wei, Chia Hung ^a   Li, Yue ^b   Huang, Pai Jung ^c,d   Gwo, Chih Ying ^a   Harms, Steven E ^e  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast density; MRI; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST DENSITY; DENSITY; EXTRACTION; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE SEGMENTATION; FUZZY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84862808492     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.12.029     Document Type: Article

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