Electron density of normal and pathological breast tissues using a Compton scattering technique

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1677-1684

  Al Bahri, Jamila S ^a   Spyrou, Nicholas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; GAMMA RAYS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

COMPTON SCATTERING; MIXTURE RULE; PATHOLOGICAL BREAST TISSUES;

ELECTRON SCATTERING;

AMERICIUM 241; GERMANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPTON EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTECTOMY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMERICIUM; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; PHOTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0032404492     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)10106-3     Document Type: Article

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