Volumetric breast density characteristics as determined from digital mammograms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7443-7457

  Alonzo Proulx, O ^a   Jong, R A ^a   Yaffe, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RATE; COMPRESSION FORCE; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; HEALTH SCIENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; PEARSON CORRELATION; PERCENTAGE POINTS; STUDY GROUPS; TISSUE THICKNESS; TORONTO , CANADA; VOLUMETRIC BREAST DENSITIES; VOLUMETRIC DENSITY;

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; TISSUE; X RAY SCREENS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE;

AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84869053353     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/22/7443     Document Type: Article

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