High-risk mammographic parenchymal patterns and anthropometric measures: A case–control study

Mammographic image segmentation and risk classification based on mammographic parenchymal patterns and geometric moments

Mammographic risk assessment is becoming increasingly important in decision making in screening mammography and computer aided diagnosis systems. Strong evidence shows that characteristic patterns of breast tissue as seen in mammography, referred to as mammographic parenchymal patterns, provide crucial information about breast cancer risk. Quantitative evaluation of the characteristic mixture o...

Automatic Classification of Mammographic Parenchymal Patterns: A Statistical Approach

Breast parenchymal density has been found to be a strong indicator for breast cancer risk [1], however, to date, measures of breast density are qualitative and require the judgement of the radiologist. Objective, quantitative measures of breast density are crucial tools for assessing the association between the risk of breast cancer and mammographic density as well as for quantification of dens...

Anthropometric Measures and the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease

Urinary estrogen metabolites and mammographic parenchymal patterns in postmenopausal women.

It has been hypothesized that women who metabolize their endogenous estrogens predominantly via 16(alpha)-hydroxylation rather than via 2-hydroxylation and, as a result, have a low ratio of 2-hydroxyestrone (2-OHE1):16(alpha)-hydroxyestrone (16(alpha)-OHE1) are at an increased risk of breast cancer. Epidemiological evidence in support of this hypothesis is scarce and mostly based on measurement...

Relationship of mammographic parenchymal patterns to breast cancer risk factors and smoking in Alaska Native women.

The purpose is to determine breast cancer risk factors and correlates of mammographic parenchymal patterns among Alaska Native women. A retrospective review was performed of mammograms and mammogram records among 528 sequential screening mammogram examinations performed in Anchorage, Alaska. Mammogram density was classified by American College of Radiology (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data Sys...