Breast arterial calcifications (BACs) are common findings on mammograms. There are calcium deposits in the media layer of the peripheral arterioles and this condition is called Mönckeberg medial ...

a cause of lumps and calcifications on mammogram Fibroadenoma: a focal well-circumscribed growth of glands and stroma in which proliferating stroma surrounds the growing glands and often ...

Myth 2: Breast self-examinations are better than mammograms.

Grouped coarse heterogeneous calcifications in left breast on baseline screening mammogram as shown on magnification views in (a) mediolateral and (b) craniocaudal projections (circles ...

Breast arterial calcification (BAC ... a deep learning approach to automatically detect and quantify BAC on mammograms. The model demonstrated high accuracy in identifying BAC, which could ...

Today more than ever we seem to be living in a world that is either viewed as a glass half empty or a glass half full. We are also entering that time of year when we try to see the glass as half ...

More information: Tara Shrout Allen et al, Automated Breast Arterial Calcification Score Is Associated With Cardiovascular ...

For the study, researchers built an AI that discerns subtle differences in mammograms, including changes in density, texture, calcification and asymmetry within the breasts. The team trained the ...

Future Oncol. 2008;4(4):501-503. As we have seen, mammography has limited sensitivity in dense breast, where superimposition artifacts can obscure lesions. However, new promising techniques to ...