Design and clinical validation of a software program for automated measurement of mammographic breast density

Abstract Background Mammographic breast density is an important predictor of breast cancer, but its measurement has limitations related to subjectivity of visual evaluation or to difficult access for automatic volumetric measurement methods. Herein, we describe the design and clinical validation of...

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Main Authors: Adriano L. C. Araújo, Heliana B. Soares, Daniel F. Carvalho, Roberto M. Mendonça, Antonio G. Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-020-1062-y