Breast density analysis in 3-D whole breast ultrasound images

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006:2006:2795-8. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260217.

Abstract

The breast density information is one of important factors for estimating the risk in breast cancer detection and early prevention. In this paper, we present two methods, including threshold-based and proportion-based, to automatically analyze the breast density using whole breast ultrasound. The two algorithms are experimented with 32 cases which are scanned from 32 patients using the US machine SSD-5500 with a recent developed scanner ASU-1004 (Aloka, Japan). The experimental results are graded from 4 (extremely dense tissue) to 1 (almost entirely fat), and respectively compared with the majority grades of three radiologists. The accuracy of the threshold-based and proportion-based strategies is 88% and 84% respectively.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Breast / physiopathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Densitometry / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Ultrasonography, Mammary / methods*