Dosimetric implications of age related glandular changes in screening mammography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 801-813

  Beckett, J R ^a   Kotre, C J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0034021339     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/3/316     Document Type: Article

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