PURPOSE To analyze associations between mammographic arterial mammary calcifications in menopausal women and risk factors for cardiovascular disease. METHODS This was a cross-sectional retrospective study, in which we analyzed the mammograms and medical records of 197 patients treated between 2004 and 2005. Study variables were: breast arterial calcifications, stroke, acute coronary syndrome,...

Soy isoflavones have functional similarity to human estrogens and may protect against breast cancer as a result of their antiestrogenic activity or increase risk as a result of their estrogen-like properties. We examined the relation between isoflavone supplementation and mammographic density, a strong marker for breast cancer risk, among postmenopausal women. The Osteoporosis Prevention Using ...

introduction: average glandular dose calculation in mammography with mo-rh target-filter and dose calculation for different situations is accurate and fast. material and methods: in this research, first of all, x-ray spectra of a mo target bombarded by a 28 kev electron beam with and without a rh filter were calculated using the mcnp code. then, we used the sobol-wu parameters to write a fortra...

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer of women. According to statistics, one out of every eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Thanks to recent advances in medicine, there are more and more effective methods in the treatment of breast cancer. Since the cause of breast cancer is unknown, early detection is very important. If detected early, the fiveyear survival rate...

This paper presents a robust algorithm for the comparison of mammogram pairs. Salient regions are extracted in a topographic way. An integral invariant representation of shape, in combination with area and distance measures, are used for establishing their correspondences. The experimental results demonstrate that the algorithm can provide a useful tool for a ComputerAided Diagnosis system in m...