Rev Sci Instrum 2022 Apr;93(4):044101
Genetic Epidemiology Group, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway M431, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
Mammographic breast density is a strong breast cancer risk factor, and its routine clinical measurement could potentially be used to identify women at higher risk of breast cancer and/or monitor primary prevention strategies. Previous reports of optical breast spectroscopy (OBS), a novel approach to measuring breast density, demonstrated that it is safe (no ionizing radiation), portable, low-cost, and does not require image interpretation but have been limited to small, single-center studies. Reference measurements taken on a phantom breast prior to and after each woman's OBS assessment are required for the calibration of the system transfer function as a part of processing participant data. Read More