Breast Density Evaluation Using Spectral Mammography, Radiologist Reader Assessment, and Segmentation Techniques. A Retrospective Study Based on Left and Right Breast Comparison

Academic Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1052-1059

  Molloi, Sabee ^a   Ding, Huanjun ^a   Feig, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast density; Breast imaging; Cancer; Dual energy; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST DENSITY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MACHINE LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHINE LEARNING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; UNILATERAL BREAST NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84937966397     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2015.03.017     Document Type: Article

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