Open AccessFully Automated Quantitative Estimation of Volumetric Breast Density from Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Images: Preliminary Results and Comparison with Digital Mammography and MR Imaging
Author(s) -
Said Pertuz,
Elizabeth S. McDonald,
Susan P. Weinstein,
Emily F. Conant,
Despina Kontos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118
H-Index - 295
eISSN - 1527-1315
pISSN - 0033-8419
DOI - 10.1148/radiol.2015150277
Subject(s) - medicine , digital breast tomosynthesis , digital mammography , nuclear medicine , breast imaging , breast cancer , magnetic resonance imaging , mammography , breast mri , confidence interval , breast density , radiology , cancer
To assess a fully automated method for volumetric breast density (VBD) estimation in digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and to compare the findings with those of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.