Research
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The scientists behind Volpara have over 600 publications in major international, peer reviewed journals, many of those publications are about breast density including:
- “A Representation For Mammographic Image Processing”, Highnam, Brady, Shepstone, Medical Image Analysis, 1: 1-18, 1996.
- “Mammographic Image Analysis”, Highnam & Brady, Kluwer Academic Press, 1999.
- “Automated Classification of Parenchymal Patterns in Mammograms”, Karssemeijer, Physics in Medicine & Biology, 43: 365-378, 1998.
- “Volumetric Breast Density Assessment From Full-Field Digital Mammograms”, Van Engeland, Karssemeijer et al, IEEE Medical Imaging, 25: 273-282, 2006.
- “ Robust Breast Composition Measures – Volpara“, Highnam, Brady, Yaffe, Karssemeijer & Harvey, International Workshop on Digital Mammography 2010, Girona, Spain.
- “ Comparing a New Volumetric Breast Density Method (Volpara) to Cumulus“, Jeffreys, Harvey & Highnam, International Workshop on Digital Mammography 2010, Girona, Spain.
- “ Reliability and Preliminary Validation of Of Volpara “, McCormack, Aitken, et al, 5th International Workshop on Breast Density, UCSF, June 2011.
- ” Volumetric Breast Density and Breast Cancer Risk From Digital Mammograms – Preliminary Results“, Yaffe & Alonzo-Proulx, 5th International Workshop on Breast Density, UCSF, June 2011.
- ” Assessing Breast Density Change Over Time“, Highnam & Schroeder, 5th International Workshop on Breast Density, UCSF, June 2011.
- ” At What Age Should Breast Screening Begin?“, Schroeder et al, RSNA 2011
- “Breast Density Into Clinical Practice“, Highnam, Sauber, Destounis, Harvey & McDonald, International Workshop on Digital Mammography 2012, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
- “Personalized Mammographic Dose“, Porras-Chaverri, Vetter & Highnam, International Workshop on Digital Mammography 2012, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
- “Lesion Size Using Area And Volume“, Bozek, Kallenberg, Grgic & Karssemeijer, International Workshop on Digital Mammography 2012, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
- “Volumetric Breast Density And Diagnostic Outcomes“, Kallenberg, van Gils, Mann & Karssemeijer, RSNA 2012 (to be presented)
“We are happy to use Volpara again to give us fast, reliable breast density measurements, and to work with Matakina in the project to further develop their technology.”