Open AccessFatty and fibroglandular tissue volumes in the breasts of women 20-83 years old: comparison of X-ray mammography and computer-assisted MR imaging.
Author(s) -
N A Lee,
Henry Rusinek,
J C Weinreb,
Ramesh Chandra,
Hildegard K. Toth,
Christian F. Singer,
Gilean Newstead
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.168.2.9016235
Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , nuclear medicine , radiology , breast tissue , magnetic resonance imaging , breast cancer , cancer
A method for segmenting MR images of the breast was applied to determine fatty and fibroglandular tissue volumes in breasts of women in different age groups. The results were compared with subjective assessments of breast density from X-ray mammograms in the same patients.