title: Quantitative assessment of breast mammographic density with a new objective method.
abstract: Women with increased mammographic density (MD) have an increased risk of developing breast cancer. The purpose of our study is to evaluate an experimental method to quantify MD using a program (compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7) which measures black areas as 0, white areas as 100 and grey scale areas with intermediate values between 0 and 100, depending on the "density" of the area. Digital screening mammograms were directly estimated with this method. Initial idea and steps of the program were based on a Mac utility used by our research team.
authors.affiliation: Technological Educational Institution of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iatrakis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zervoudis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sparaggis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peitsidis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Economidis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malakassis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Navrozoglou
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012984:Software