Mammography grid performance

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 227-232

  Rezentes, Paul S ^a   De Almeide, Adelaide ^b   Barnes, Gary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast radiography, quality assurance; Breast radiography, technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032900129     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.1.r99dc35227     Document Type: Article

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