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Our approach integrates a custom-designed convolutional neural network (CD-CNN) with an extreme learning machine (ELM) layer for image-based breast density classification. The retrospective dataset includes 10,371 full-field digital mammography images, previously categorized by radiologists into one of four BI-RADS breast density categories (A\u2013D). The proposed model achieved a testing accuracy of 95.4%, with a specificity of 98.0% and a sensitivity of 92.5%. Agreement between the automated breast density classification and the specialists\u2019 consensus was strong, with a weighted kappa of 0.90 (95% CI: 0.82\u20130.98). On the external and independent mini-MIAS dataset, the model achieved an accuracy of 73.9%, a precision of 81.1%, a specificity of 87.3%, and a sensitivity of 75.1%, which is comparable to the performance reported in previous studies using this dataset. 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