Positron emission mammographic instrument: Initial results

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 280-285

  Murthy, Kavita ^a   Aznar, Marianne ^a   Bergman, Alanah M ^a   Thompson, Christopher J ^a   Robar, James L ^a   Lisbona, Robert ^a   Loutfi, Antoine ^a   Gagnon, Jean H ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast radiography, technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034026990     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.1.r00ap03280     Document Type: Article

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