European survey of image quality assessment methods used in mammography

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 73-76

  Verdun, F R ^a   Moeckli, R ^a   Valley, J F ^a   Bochud, F ^a   Hessler, C ^b   Schnyder, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032413257     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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