Abstract
It is well known that menopausal hormone therapy increases mammographic density. Increase in breast density may relate to breast cancer risk. Several computer assisted automatic methods for assessing mammographic density have been suggested by J.W. Byng (1996), N. Karssemeijer (1998), J.M. Boone(1998), S. Petroudi(2006), C. Tromans(2006) etc. All these findings aims at reproducing the radiologist’s categorical rating system or at segmenting the dense tissue to get percentage density score. Since ninety percent of breast cancers arise from the ductal and lobular glands we choose to investigate features describing the local elongatedness or stripiness, especially trained to see the effect of HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy ) thereby providing a non-subjective and reproducible measure and compare it to the BIRADS and percentage density measure.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 2010 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of Radiological Society of North America, RSNA 2010, - Chicago, United States Duration: 28 Nov 2010 → 3 Dec 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of Radiological Society of North America, RSNA 2010, |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Chicago |
| Period | 28/11/2010 → 03/12/2010 |
