title: Estimation of compressed breast thickness during mammography.
abstract: To estimate radiation dose during mammography the breast thickness must be known. We present a new method for estimating the thickness of a compressed breast using only the breast image as projected onto a mammogram, calibration data such as the mAs value and image processing techniques. The method proves to be of high accuracy (+/- 0.2 cm for craniocaudal mammograms) and has the advantage over other methods of allowing retrospective estimation of thickness.
authors.affiliation: Medical Vision Laboratory, Oxford University, UK.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Highnam
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Shepstone
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002138:Calibration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012016:Reference Values