Measurement of Breast Density on Digital Mammograms

Author

Goto, Sachiko ; Azuma, Yoshiharu ; Sumimoto, Tetsuhiro ; Takeda, Yoshihiro ; Tsujita, Naoko ; Kadohisa, Shigefumi

Author_Institution

Fac. of Health Sci., Okayama Univ. Med. Sch.

fYear

2006

fDate

24-27 April 2006

Firstpage

432

Lastpage

437

Abstract

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

Keywords

mammography; medical image processing; radiology; visual perception; adipose tissue; breast density measurement; breast tissue; breast-equivalent phantom; clinical image data set; digital mammograms; estimating system; glandular tissue; visual assessment; visual estimation; Biological materials; Breast cancer; Breast tissue; Density measurement; Diagnostic radiography; Gold; Imaging phantoms; Mammography; Radiology; X-ray imaging; breast density; breast-equivalent phantoms; digital mammograms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2006. IMTC 2006. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Sorrento

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9359-7

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2006.328511

Filename

4124360