Scintimammography in patients with minimal mammographic or clinical findings

Radiographics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 641-655

  Polan, Ruth L ^a   Klein, Barry D ^a   Richman, Roselyn H ^a  

^a Los Robles Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, 00.32; Breast neoplasms, diagnosis, 00.11, 00.1216; Breast neoplasms, radiography, 00.11; Breast neoplasms, radionuclide studies, 00.1216; Breast radiography, 00.11; Breast, biopsy, 00.1261; Cancer screening, 00.11, 00.1216

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 0035350982     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.21.3.g01ma26641     Document Type: Article

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