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Mammography : correlation of pectoral muscle width and the length in the mediolateral oblique view of the breast
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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Kelly SpuurKelly Spuur, A Poulos, G Currie, M RickardPurpose: To investigate the relationship between the width and length of the pectoral muscle in the mediolateral oblique mammogram of the breast.Method: Mammograms reviewed for this study were performed on women undergoing routine mammographic screening with BreastScreen NSW South West, Australia. The study included a total of 2800 randomly selected mediolateral oblique mammograms from examinations taken between July 2004 and September 2006. Measurements of the width and length of the pectoral muscle were recorded.Results: No statistically significant difference was demonstrated between the mean values for right and left width (p = 0.5293) or length (p = 0.2079). Matched pair analysis demonstrated a statistically significant difference width, (p = 0.0069) and length, (p = 0.0369). No relationship could be demonstrated between the width and length of the pectoral muscle, (p = 0.0701).Conclusion: The inability to determine a relationship between the width and length of the ectoral muscle suggests that these criteria should be assessed independently of each other. This new understanding of the presentation of the pectoral muscle will enable clinically relevant redevelopment of current image evaluation systems to include statistically supported mean performance values. Further research is needed to explore the relationship of width and length to other key image evaluation criteria used in mammography image quality evaluation
Funding
Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)
History
Volume
16Start Page
286End Page
291Number of Pages
6ISSN
1078-8174Location
United KingdomPublisher
ElsevierPublisher DOI
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Language
en-ausPeer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
- No
External Author Affiliations
Charles Sturt University; Macquarie University; Not affiliated to a Research Institute; Sydney Breast Clinic; University of Sydney;Era Eligible
- Yes