Recent developments in breast imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-368

  Säbel, Manfred ^a   Aichinger, Horst ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; X RAY;

EID: 0029892059     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/3/001     Document Type: Review

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