Comparison of volumetric breast density estimations from mammography and thorax CT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 4391-4409

  Geeraert, N ^a,b,c   Klausz, R ^b   Cockmartin, L ^a   Muller, S ^b   Bosmans, H ^a   Bloch, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (France)

^c INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

Author keywords

HU; mammography; thorax CT; volumetric breast density

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; MAMMOGRAPHY; X RAY SCREENS;

BREAST CANCER SCREENING; BREAST EQUIVALENT MATERIALS; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; HU; MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; VOLUMETRIC BREAST DENSITIES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; BREAST TUMOR; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIBRATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 84905587542     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/15/4391     Document Type: Article

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