Much ado mammography variability

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 94, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 1346-1347

  Kessler, Larry G ^a,b   Andersen, M Robyn ^a,b   Etzioni, Ruth ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PUBLIC POLICY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037130891     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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