The detection of breast microcalcifications with medical ultrasound

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-39

  Anderson, Martin E ^a   Soo, Mary S ^b   Bentley, Rex C ^b   Trahey, Gregg E ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; ULTRASOUND;

BREAST; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0031021465     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.417973     Document Type: Article

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