An assessment of digital stereotaxis in the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 327-329

  Faulkner, Keith ^a   Bennison, K ^a  

^a Quality Assurance Reference Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCREENING TEST; STEREOTAXIS;

AGED; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33645219551     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci765     Document Type: Article

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