Breast tissue composition and susceptibility to breast cancer

NF Boyd, LJ Martin, M Bronskill, MJ Yaffe… - Journal of the …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Breast density, as assessed by mammography, reflects breast tissue composition. Breast
epithelium and stroma attenuate x-rays more than fat and thus appear light on …

Fast 3-D tomographic microwave imaging for breast cancer detection

TM Grzegorczyk, PM Meaney… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave breast imaging (using electromagnetic waves of frequencies around 1 GHz) has
mostly remained at the research level for the past decade, gaining little clinical acceptance …

Background parenchymal enhancement at breast MR imaging and breast cancer risk

V King, JD Brooks, JL Bernstein, AS Reiner, MC Pike… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To examine the relationships between breast cancer and both amount of
fibroglandular tissue (FGT) and level of background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) at …

Are qualitative assessments of background parenchymal enhancement, amount of fibroglandular tissue on MR images, and mammographic density associated with …

BN Dontchos, H Rahbar, SC Partridge, LA Korde… - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate whether qualitative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging assessments
of background parenchymal enhancement (BPE), amount of fibroglandular tissue (FGT), and …

Advances in computer-aided diagnosis for breast cancer

L Hadjiiski, B Sahiner, HP Chan - Current Opinion in Obstetrics …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
CAD systems will play an increasingly important role in the clinic as a second reader.
Clinical trials have shown that CAD can improve the accuracy of breast-cancer detection …

Initial clinical experience with microwave breast imaging in women with normal mammography

PM Meaney, MW Fanning, T Raynolds, CJ Fox… - Academic radiology, 2007 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We have developed a microwave tomography system for
experimental breast imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this article, we illustrate a …

Volumetric breast density estimation from full-field digital mammograms

S van Engeland, PR Snoeren… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A method is presented for estimation of dense breast tissue volume from mammograms
obtained with full-field digital mammography (FFDM). The thickness of dense tissue …

Background parenchymal enhancement on breast MRI: impact on diagnostic performance

WB DeMartini, F Liu, S Peacock… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Breast density is documented to reduce sensitivity and specificity of
mammography. However, little is known regarding the effect of normal background …

Breast segmentation and density estimation in breast MRI: a fully automatic framework

A Gubern-Merida, M Kallenberg… - IEEE journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Breast density measurement is an important aspect in breast cancer diagnosis as dense
tissue has been related to the risk of breast cancer development. The purpose of this study is …

Development of a quantitative method for analysis of breast density based on three‐dimensional breast MRI

K Nie, JH Chen, S Chan, MKI Chau, HJ Yu… - Medical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Breast density has been established as an independent risk factor associated with the
development of breast cancer. It is known that an increase of mammographic density is …