Quantitative analysis for breast density estimation in low dose chest CT scans

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Moon, Woo Kyung ^a   Lo, Chung Ming ^b   Goo, Jin Mo ^a   Bae, Min Sun ^a   Chang, Jung Min ^a   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^c   Chen, Jeon Hor ^d,e   Ivanova, Violeta ^b   Chang, Ruey Feng ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast density; CT; Fuzzy c mean; Image registration; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST DENSITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST TUMOR; FUZZY LOGIC; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84898902039     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-014-0021-5     Document Type: Article

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