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Comparison of Breast Percent Density Estimated from Digital Mammograms and Central Reconstructed Tomosynthesis Slice Images
| Book Series | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin / Heidelberg |
| ISSN | 0302-9743 (Print) 1611-3349 (Online) |
| Volume | Volume 5116/2010 |
| Book | Digital Mammography |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3 |
| Copyright | 2010 |
| ISBN | 978-3-540-70537-6 |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3_93 |
| Pages | 674-680 |
| Subject Collection | Computer Science |
| SpringerLink Date | Sunday, July 27, 2008 |
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Comparison of Breast Percent Density Estimated from Digital Mammograms and Central Reconstructed Tomosynthesis Slice Images
Predrag R. Bakic1 , Despina Kontos1 , Andrea B. Troxel2 and Andrew Maidment1 
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Dept. Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St., 19104 Philadelphia, PA |
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Dept. Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, 632 Blockley Hall – 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6021 |
Abstract
We analyzed breast percent density (PD) estimated from 35 women with existing or recently detected abnormalities. Analyzed
were digital mammograms (DM) and the central digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) reconstructed slices. PD was estimated from
the breast contralateral to cancer. We have examined the effect of modifying the DBT reconstruction filter on the accuracy
of dense tissue segmentation; we selected the filter that effectively reduced image intensity overshoot near the breast edge,
which interfered with segmentation. The Pearson correlation coefficient between PD estimates from DM and the central reconstructed
DBT slices was r = 0.90. The corresponding quadratic-weighted kappa coefficient was κ = 0.78, indicating substantial agreement. The observed results are comparable with the agreement between PD estimates from
DM and the central DBT projection images (r = 0.89 and κ = 0.74). This suggests that PD is robust to variations in acquisition conditions.
Keywords Breast percent density - digital breast tomosynthesis - filtered backprojection - Pearson correlation - Kappa statistics
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