Quality control of the physical and technical aspects of mammography in the Norwegian breast-screening programme

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 463-470

  Pedersen, Kristin ^a   Nordanger, J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mammography; Mass screening; Medical physics; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DATA ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORWAY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; STANDARD; X RAY; X RAY FILM; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0036481464     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300101107     Document Type: Article

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