Computerized Evaluation of Mammographic Lesions: What Diagnostic Role Does the Shape of the Individual Microcalcifications Play Compared with the Geometry of the Cluster?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 705-712

  Leichter, I ^a   Lederman, R ^b   Buchbinder, S S ^c,d   Bamberger, P ^a   Novak, B ^a   Fields, S ^b  

^a JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST PAPILLOMA; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; GEOMETRY; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 1442280978     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.3.1820705     Document Type: Article

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