Automated analysis of mammographic densities

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 909-923

  Byng, J W ^a   Boyd, N F ^b   Fishell, E ^c   Jongl, R A ^d   Yaffe, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029974168     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/5/007     Document Type: Article

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