A volumetric approach to glandularity estimation in mammography: A feasibility study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 695-708

  Blot, Lilian ^a   Zwiggelaar, Reyer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE;

GLANDULAR DOSE; GLANDULAR TISSUES; GLNDULARITY ESTIMATION; VOLUMETRIC ESTIMATION;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITOMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14644388811     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/4/009     Document Type: Article

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