Breast Cancer
New breast cancer study findings have been published by scientists at University of Pennsylvania
Published in Medical Imaging Week, April 4th, 2009
"Studies have demonstrated a relationship between mammographic parenchymal texture and breast cancer risk. Although promising. texture analysis in mammograms is limited by tissue superposition. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is it novel tomographic x-ray breast imaging modality that alleviates the effect of tissue superposition, offering , Superior parenchymal texture Visualization compared to mammography," researchers in the United States report.
"The aim of this Study was to investigate the potential advantages of DBT parenchymal texture analysis for breast cancer risk estimation. DBT and digital mammographic (DM) images of 39 women were analyzed. Texture...
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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2009-04-04)
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