[How to measure breast density?].
The relation between breast tissue density and cancer risk is well known. Early quantification techniques were based on subjective visual assessment. Quantitative techniques were then developed using planimetric measurements, surface area calculations or volumetric measurements. More recently, digital mammography should allow objective computer-based density measurements using mathematical models.
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D000465:Algorithms; D001940:Breast; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity