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Power spectral analysis of mammographic parenchymal patterns for breast cancer risk assessment.
Journal of digital imaging - 1 Jun 2008
Li Hui, Giger Maryellen L, Olopade Olufunmilayo I, Chinander Michael R
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of power law spectral analysis on mammographic parenchymal patterns in breast cancer risk assessment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mammograms from 172 subjects (30 women with the BRCA1/BRCA2 gene mutation and 142 low-risk women) were retrospectively collected and digitized. Because age is a very important risk factor, 60 low-risk women were randomly...
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