Automated assessment of the composition of breast tissue revealed on tissue-thickness-corrected mammography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 257-262

  Wang, Xiao Hui ^a   Good, Walter F ^a   Chapman, Brian E ^a   Chang, Yuan Hsiang ^a   Poller, William R ^a   Chang, Thomas S ^a   Hardesty, Lara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TISSUE;

EID: 0037215562     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.1.1800257     Document Type: Article

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