Positron emission mammography: High-resolution biochemical breast imaging

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-60

  Weinberg, Irving N ^a   Beylin, David ^a   Zavarzin, Valera ^a   Yarnall, Steve ^a   Stepanov, Pavel Y ^a   Anashkin, Edward ^a   Narayanan, Deepa ^a   Dolinsky, Sergei ^a   Lauckner, Kathrin ^b   Adler, Lee P ^c  

^a Naviscan PET Systems   (United States)

^b Seleon   (Germany)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; FDG; PEM; PET; Positron

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 19944430403     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460500400108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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