Eliciting a terminology for mammographic calcifications

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1007-1013

  Alberdi, E ^a,b,c   Taylor, P ^a,b,c   Lee, R ^a,b,c   Fox, J ^a,b,c   Todd Pokropek, A ^a,b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Mammography; Microcalcifications; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036849114     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2002.1066     Document Type: Article

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