Classification of galactograms with ramification matrices: Preliminary results

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 198-204

  Bakic, Predrag R ^a   Albert, Michael ^a   Maidment, Andrew D A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, diagnosis; Breast, ducts; Galactography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GALACTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0037307497     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80045-4     Document Type: Article

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