Radiological assessment of breast density by visual classification (Bi–rads) compared to automated volumetric digital software (quantra): Implications for clinical practice

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 741-749

  Regini, Elisa ^a   Mariscotti, Giovanna ^a   Durando, Manuela ^a   Ghione, Gianluca ^a   Luparia, Andrea ^b   Campanino, Pier Paolo ^c   Bianchi, Caterina Chiara ^a   Bergamasco, Laura ^a   Fonio, Paolo ^a   Gandini, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Ospedale Koelliker   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast density; Computer assessment; Digital mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922685101     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: 18266983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-014-0390-3     Document Type: Article

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