Measuring breast density

Women start off with breasts that are predominately full of milk-producing glandular tissue (“dense tissue”). That tissue slowly changes to fat as the woman ages with an acceleration in that change over menopause.

Lecture on breast density by A/Prof Wendy Ingman

A comparison of various methods for measuring breast density and breast tissue composition in adolescent girls and women

An AI algorithm for Determining Breast Density on BI-RADS Scale

Dense Breasts Canada – Know and understand your breast density.

Breast Density and the Importance of Supplemental Screening

Hormonal Effects on Breast Density, Fibroglandular Tissue, and

Vision 20/20: Mammographic breast density and its clinical

Mammographic density. Measurement of mammographic density, Breast Cancer Research

How is breast density determined?

A comparison of various methods for measuring breast density and breast tissue composition in adolescent girls and women

Researchers Identify Possible New Risk for Breast Cancer - The New York Times

The Association Between Dense Breasts and Breast Cancer

Examples of the AutoDensity breast density segmentation process on

AutoDensity: an automated method to measure mammographic breast density that predicts breast cancer risk and screening outcomes, Breast Cancer Research