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Few Websites dealing with the Breast Imaging
1.
Introductory mammography lecture is a part of the board review notes from
Creighton University accessible at http://medicine.creighton.edu/radiology/
and http://medicine.creighton.edu/radiology/Mammography.html
The presentation is divided into sections that cover introduction - rational of
mammographic screening, physical principles of mammography and basic limitations,
evaluation of masses, evaluation of calcifications, evaluation of associated structural
changes and location of lesions in the breast
2. Mammography Basic
Principles at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~glensan/mamnotes.htm
is a website that has teaching material on the physics behind Mammography authored
by Glen Stafford, Australia. The material is diverse and covers the following
topics history, direct exposure versus screen-film systems, molybdenum target
and filtering, tube geometry, grids and. compression devices. Other information
available from the Home page at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~glensan/index.htm
includes material on Core Biopsy vs Surgical Open Biopsy and Digital Mammography
3. BI-RADS® representing "Breast Imaging Reporting and
Data System", is an important subject in Breast Imaging. The third edition
of this all-important standard is available from the American College of Radiology
as BIRADS at http://www.acr.org/departments/stand_accred/birads/contents.html
The handy material is divided into broad sections covering. Breast Imaging Lexicon,
Reporting System, Follow-up and Outcome Monitoring, National Mammography Database
(NMD). Notably, the web section on Breast Imaging Lexicon offers material on areas
such as masses, calcifications, architectural distortion, special cases, associated
findings and location. Also there is a useful section on Report Organization and
Wording the Report.
4.
Mammography Tutorials is an interactive site dealing with mammogram analysis
at http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mammography/cases.htm
is a webproject from McGill Faculty of Medicine, coordinated by Dr. David Fleiszer,
Montreal General Hospital. Broadly, the Tutorials are on How to position and view
a mammogram and Mammographic interpretation. Within them are topics such as anatomy,
positioning , viewing the mammogram, mammogram analysis, asymmetric density, masses,
calcifications, interactive mammography analysis web tutorial.
5.
Breast Pathology Index at
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/BREAST/BREAST.html is a online
tutorial from Utah. The site deals comprehensively with Breast Cancer including
pathology, incidence, risk factors, classification of breast cancer, grading and
staging, treatment and prognosis
6. Medline Mammography resources
are available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mammography.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Mammography is the National Cancer
Institute, The feature rich website has teaching and education material that covers
mammography, breast carcinoma and breast diseases in its entire gamut There is
an added feature of searching MEDLINE for recent research articles specifically
on Mammography, Breast Cancer, Breast Diseases, Procedures and Therapies and Atlas
of the Body: The Breast-Disorders.
7. Benign breast disease and breast
cancer tutorial is a tutorial designed for medical student teaching. Available
at http://www.surgery.wisc.edu/wolberg/
this site authored by William H. Wolberg, M.D. from University of Wisconsin deals
with the Normal breast anatomy and Physiology, the presenting symptoms of breast
cancer , the Differential diagnosis of a breast mass, the Identification of high-risk
groups, the genetic considerations, the diagnosis of breast cancer, the prognosis
of Breast Cancer and the role and type of definitive surgery in breast cancer
along with adjunctive therapy.
8. Digital Mammography Research
from Purdue University is a handy site authored by Professor Edward J. Delp. The
site available at http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ace/mammo/mammo.html
deals with computer-aided diagnostic techniques for automatic detection and classification
of breast tumors. The topics featured include Breast Abnormalities in Mammograms,
Statistical Segmentation of Mammograms, and Multiresolution Detection of Spiculated
Lesions.
9. Mammography Database Links : A handy and
useful links to Mammography Databases is available from the above Purdue University
site at http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ace/mammo/mammo_db.html
The databases include Mammographic Image Analysis Society, Washington University
Digital Mammography Database, Digital Database for Screening Mammography (DDSM),
Nijmegen Digital Mammogram Database and UCSF/LLNL Digital Mammogram Library
10. The most common cause of breast lumps in women ages 30 to 50 is
fibrocystic disease of the breast. A webpage dealing with this condition titled
Fibrocystic Breasts: A Non-Disease is reviewed at http://www.fwradiology.com/fibrobrst.htm
Endpiece:
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Detailed Breast Cancer Risk Calculator is accessible at http://www.halls.md/breast/risk.htm
The site is a free service developed to promote awareness wherein one can estimate
the risk of breast cancer by answering a set of questions.
There are
many links to Breast disease and Breast Cancer. Some of the exhaustive links include
Breast Cancer Links from http://www.whatsonthe.net/breastcancermks.htm,
Things To Know About Quality Mammograms available at http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/5120/mammography.htm
Best Web Sites on Breast Cancer at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jbonine/bc_sources.html
Breast Cancer at http://www.cancerindex.org/clinks3.htm
. The last named site has material classified into Breast cancer organisations,
information for patients and the public, information for health professionals,
familial breast cancer and personal experiences.
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