TY - GEN
T1 - Measurement of breast density on digital mammograms
AU - Goto, Sachiko
AU - Azuma, Yoshiharu
AU - Sumimoto, Tetsuhiro
AU - Takeda, Yoshihiro
AU - Tsujita, Naoko
AU - Kadohisa, Shigefumi
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We built a estimating system of individual breast density from digital mammograms by using breast tissue equivalent phantoms that are able to change the mixture ratio of adipose and glandular tissue and the thickness. The method was compared with a visual assessment of breast density by the radiologists as a gold standard. The clinical image data set that consisted of 49 mammograms of 21 patients were analyzed. The average of the estimated glandular rate was 35.0%, while varying from 12.0% to 67.0%. This system can apply in clinical practice such as the visual estimation of breast density.
AB - We built a estimating system of individual breast density from digital mammograms by using breast tissue equivalent phantoms that are able to change the mixture ratio of adipose and glandular tissue and the thickness. The method was compared with a visual assessment of breast density by the radiologists as a gold standard. The clinical image data set that consisted of 49 mammograms of 21 patients were analyzed. The average of the estimated glandular rate was 35.0%, while varying from 12.0% to 67.0%. This system can apply in clinical practice such as the visual estimation of breast density.
KW - Breast density
KW - Breast-equivalent phantoms
KW - Digital mammograms
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U2 - 10.1109/IMTC.2006.237100
DO - 10.1109/IMTC.2006.237100
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:36048974540
SN - 0780393600
SN - 9780780393608
T3 - Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
SP - 432
EP - 437
BT - IMTC'06 - Proceedings of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
T2 - IMTC'06 - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
Y2 - 24 April 2006 through 27 April 2006
ER -