Automated Classification of Breast Parenchymal Density: Topologic Analysis of X-Ray Attenuation Patterns Depicted with Digital Mammography

Automated Classification of Breast Parenchymal Density: Topologic Analysis of X-Ray Attenuation Patterns Depicted with Digital Mammography
Holger F. Boehm, Tanja Schneider, Sonja M. Buhmann-Kirchhoff, Thomas Schlossbauer, Dorothea Rjosk-Dendorfer, Stefanie Britsch, and Maximilian Reiser
AJR 2008;191:275-282

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Topologic analysis of x-ray attenuation patterns on digital mammograms obtained with Minkowski functionals is simple and robust, and the results agree with radiologists' ratings. Because correct classification is significantly higher than with use of density features, our technique may be an objective and quantitative alternative in the evaluation of the parenchymal structure of the breast