Mammographic determination of breast volume: Comparing different methods

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1643-1649

  Kalbhen, Carl L ^a,b   McGill, John J ^a,c   Fendley, Paul M ^d   Corrigan, Kevin W ^a   Angelats, Juan ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Northwest Radiology Associates   (United States)

^c University of Virginia ^*  (United States)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0032696462     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.6.10584814     Document Type: Article

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