Performance of mammography grid

Physica Medica

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 144-146

  Poletti, M E ^a   De Almeida, A ^a   Rezentes, P S ^b   Junck, K L ^b   Barnes, G T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid; Mammography; Scattered radiation; X ray

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; X RAY;

EID: 0031447294     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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