Compositional breast imaging using a dual‐energy mammography protocol

AD Laidevant, S Malkov, CI Flowers… - Medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Mammography has a low sensitivity in dense breasts due to low contrast between
malignant and normal tissue confounded by the predominant water density of the breast. …

Combined benefit of quantitative three-compartment breast image analysis and mammography radiomics in the classification of breast masses in a clinical data set

…, H Greenwood, JS Drukteinis, B Niell, B Fan, S Malkov… - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate the combination of mammography radiomics and quantitative three-compartment
breast (3CB) image analysis of dual-energy mammography to limit …

Comparison of clinical and automated breast density measurements: implications for risk prediction and supplemental screening

…, MR Jensen, DH Whaley, FF Wu, S Malkov… - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To compare the classification of breast density with two automated methods, Volpara
(version 1.5.0; Matakina Technology, Wellington, New Zealand) and Quantra (version 2.0; …

Volume of mammographic density and risk of breast cancer

…, L Ma, F Duewer, B Fan, J Wang, S Malkov… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2011 - AACR
Background: Assessing the volume of mammographic density might more accurately reflect
the amount of breast volume at risk of malignant transformation and provide a stronger …

[HTML][HTML] Agreement of mammographic measures of volumetric breast density to MRI

J Wang, A Azziz, B Fan, S Malkov, C Klifa, D Newitt… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Clinical scores of mammographic breast density are highly subjective.
Automated technologies for mammography exist to quantify breast density objectively, but the …

Automated and clinical breast imaging reporting and data system density measures predict risk for screen-detected and interval cancers: a case–control study

…, S Winham, MR Jensen, FF Wu, S Malkov… - Annals of internal …, 2018 - acpjournals.org
Background: In 30 states, women who have had screening mammography are informed of
their breast density on the basis of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) …

Hip fractures risk in older men and women associated with DXA‐derived measures of thigh subcutaneous fat thickness, cross‐sectional muscle area, and muscle …

S Malkov, PM Cawthon, KW Peters… - Journal of Bone and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Mid‐thigh cross‐sectional muscle area (CSA), muscle attenuation, and greater trochanter
soft tissue thickness have been shown to be independent risk factors of hip fracture. Our aim …

[HTML][HTML] Mammary collagen architecture and its association with mammographic density and lesion severity among women undergoing image-guided breast biopsy

…, BL Sprague, S Hewitt, J Shepherd, S Malkov… - Breast Cancer …, 2021 - Springer
Background Elevated mammographic breast density is a strong breast cancer risk factor
with poorly understood etiology. Increased deposition of collagen, one of the main fibrous …

Single x‐ray absorptiometry method for the quantitative mammographic measure of fibroglandular tissue volume

S Malkov, J Wang, K Kerlikowske… - Medical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: This study describes the design and characteristics of a highly accurate, precise,
and automated single‐energy method to quantify percent fibroglandular tissue volume (%FGV…

Longitudinal changes in volumetric breast density with tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors

…, L Ma, KR Brandt, AP Mahmoudzadeh, S Malkov… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2017 - AACR
Background: Reductions in breast density with tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors may be
an intermediate marker of treatment response. We compare changes in volumetric breast …