Reproducibility of mammographic classifications for non-palpable suspect lesions with microcalcifications

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 916, 2004, Pages 312-314

  Pijnappel, R M ^a   Peeters, P H M ^b   Hendriks, J H C L ^c   Mali, W P Th M ^b  

^a MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BREAST DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2342587378     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/84593467     Document Type: Article

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