Infrared imaging of the breast: Initial reappraisal using high- resolution digital technology in 100 successive cases of stage I and II breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-251

  Keyserlingk, J R ^a,c   Ahlgren, P D ^a,c   Yu, E ^b,c   Belliveau, N ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b London Cancer Research   (Canada)

^c Ville Marie Breast and Oncol Center ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Detection; Imaging; Infrared

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL COMPUTER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY);

EID: 0031869187     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.1998.440245.x     Document Type: Article

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