Volumetric breast density estimation from full-field digital mammograms: a validation study

To objectively evaluate automatic volumetric breast density assessment in Full-Field Digital Mammograms (FFDM) using measurements obtained from breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). A commercially available method for volumetric breast density estimation on FFDM is evaluated by comparing volume e...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2014-01, Vol.9 (1), p.e85952-e85952
Hauptverfasser: Gubern-Mérida, Albert, Kallenberg, Michiel, Platel, Bram, Mann, Ritse M, Martí, Robert, Karssemeijer, Nico
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Zusammenfassung:To objectively evaluate automatic volumetric breast density assessment in Full-Field Digital Mammograms (FFDM) using measurements obtained from breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). A commercially available method for volumetric breast density estimation on FFDM is evaluated by comparing volume estimates obtained from 186 FFDM exams including mediolateral oblique (MLO) and cranial-caudal (CC) views to objective reference standard measurements obtained from MRI. Volumetric measurements obtained from FFDM show high correlation with MRI data. Pearson's correlation coefficients of 0.93, 0.97 and 0.85 were obtained for volumetric breast density, breast volume and fibroglandular tissue volume, respectively. Accurate volumetric breast density assessment is feasible in Full-Field Digital Mammograms and has potential to be used in objective breast cancer risk models and personalized screening.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0085952