Factors affecting phantom scores at annual mammography facility inspections by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Academic Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 864-870

  Pisano, Etta D ^a,b   Britt, Gerald G ^c   Lin, Yuhua ^a   Schell, Michael J ^a   Burns, C B ^a   Brown, Marylee E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environment and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast radiography; Quality; Quality assurance; images

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMINANCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL CONTROL;

EID: 0034823998     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80765-1     Document Type: Article

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