Breast Parenchymal Pattern Analysis in Digital Mammography: Associations between Tabár and Birads Tissue Compositions

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Abstract

We investigated the associations between Tabár based breast parenchymal patterns and Birads density parenchymal patterns in digital mammography. Breast parenchymal texture was analysed on a set of mammographc images segmented based on Tabár tissue modelling. Visual assessment indicates good and anatomically improved segmentation on tissue specific areas. At the tissue modelling stage, over and/or under training can cause tissue composition fluctuation between nodular and homogeneous tissue, whilst the percentages of radiolucent tissue are less sensitive to the algorithm’s parameter configurations. The clear depiction with digital mammography allows a better segmentation on tissue specific areas, which indicates that the breast parenchymal texture may be utilised in mammographic interpretation as the new technology advances further. The average tissue compositions for the Tabár parenchymal patterns show inadequate compositions of nodular and homogeneous tissue. Stronger associates were found between Tabár tissue compositions for [nodular, homogeneous], [nodular, homogeneous, radiolucent] and Birads breast density classes I and IV.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Analysis of Images and Patterns - 15th International Conference, CAIP 2013, Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication15th International Conference, CAIP 2013, York, UK, August 27-29, 2013, Proceedings, Part II
EditorsRichard Wilson, Edwin Hancock, Adrian Bors, William Smith
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages386-393
Number of pages8
EditionPART 2
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-642-40246-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-40245-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 07 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume8048 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Keywords

  • Birads
  • Tabár
  • breast parenchyma
  • mammographic segmentation

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