Digitized mammograms: A preliminary clinical evaluation and the potential for telemammography

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-197

  Murphy, J M ^a,d   O'Hare, N J ^a   Wheat, D ^b   McCarthy, P A ^b   Dowling, A ^a   Hayes, R ^c   Bowmer, H ^a   Wilson, G F ^a   Molloy, M P ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELERADIOLOGY;

BREAST DISEASES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 0033253291     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/1357633991933620     Document Type: Article

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