Breast imaging reporting and data system standardized mammography lexicon: Observer variability in lesion description

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 773-778

  Baker, Jay A ^a   Kornguth, Phyllis J ^a   Floyd Jr , Carey E ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOOK; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0029972744     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.4.8610547     Document Type: Article

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