A comparison of conventional mammographic magnification, ultra high magnification and industrial magnification radiography in the radiographic detection of microcalcifications within core biopsies of the breast

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue NOV., 1997, Pages 1099-1103

  Moritz, J D ^a,b   Luftner Nagel, S ^a   Westerhof, J P ^a   Oestmann, J W ^a   Grabbe, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030777073     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.70.839.9536898     Document Type: Article

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