Mammographic density estimation: Comparison among BI-RADS categories, a semi-automated software and a fully automated one
Alberto Tagliafico, Giulio Tagliafico, Simona Tosto, Fabio Chiesa, Carlo Martinoli, Lorenzo E. Derchi, Massimo Calabrese
The Breast 18, 1, February 2009, Pages 35-40
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Part of the BIRADS report is an estimation of breast density in 4 grades from fatty to extremely dense (as an indicator of the sensitivity of mammography to pick up cancers). This study compared standard reading with that obtained from semi-automated and fully automated breast density reporting software. Fully automated was better than semi-automated, which was also better than conventional density estimation.
This technique has the potential to eliminate the reader variability in reading out density for a particular mammogram
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Sunday, 15 February 2009
Friday, 15 February 2008
Quantitative assessment of mammographic density and breast cancer risk for Japanese women
Yasuyuki Kotsuma, Yasuhiro Tamaki, Toshihiro Nishimura, Masayoshi Tsubai, Satsuki Ueda, Kenzo Shimazu, Seung Jin Kim, Yasuo Miyoshi, Yoshio Tanji, Tetsuya Taguchi and Shinzaburo Noguchi
The Breast Volume 17, Issue 1, February 2008, Pages 27-35
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WC2-4PGH4B3-1&_user=4430&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059594&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=4430&md5=778797e49bafc65100bb6b6aa186d2f7
We conducted a case-control study to examine the relationship between breast density (BD) on mammography and breast cancer risk for postmenopausal Japanese women. The mammograms (205 cases and 223 controls) were classified by two doctors employing Wolfe's classification and used to measure BD with original computer software. A weak relationship between breast cancer risk and the parenchymal pattern of Wolfe's classification was found. The BD measured with the computer software, however, showed a significant relationship with breast cancer risk.
The Breast Volume 17, Issue 1, February 2008, Pages 27-35
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WC2-4PGH4B3-1&_user=4430&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059594&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=4430&md5=778797e49bafc65100bb6b6aa186d2f7
We conducted a case-control study to examine the relationship between breast density (BD) on mammography and breast cancer risk for postmenopausal Japanese women. The mammograms (205 cases and 223 controls) were classified by two doctors employing Wolfe's classification and used to measure BD with original computer software. A weak relationship between breast cancer risk and the parenchymal pattern of Wolfe's classification was found. The BD measured with the computer software, however, showed a significant relationship with breast cancer risk.
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