A comparison of image quality on 28 mammography X-ray sets in the UK

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue NOV., 1997, Pages 1131-1138

  Law, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY PICTURE;

EID: 0030732325     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.70.839.9536904     Document Type: Article

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