Comparison of fully and semi-automated area-based methods for measuring mammographic density and predicting breast cancer risk

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1908-1916

  Sovio, U ^a,g   Li, J ^b,c   Aitken, Z ^a,h   Humphreys, K ^d   Czene, K ^d   Moss, S ^e   Hall, P ^d   McCormack, V ^f   Dos Santos Silva, I ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast cancer; breast density; mammographic density; premenopausal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIO CAUDAL VIEW; CUMULUS BASED MEASUREMENT; CUMULUS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGEJ BASED MEASUREMENT; IMAGEJ SOFTWARE; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHIC DENSITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDIO LATERAL OBLIQUE VIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; X RAY; X RAY SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84897573208     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.82     Document Type: Article

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