The development of mammography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Law, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES;

IMAGE QUALITY TEST OBJECTS; INDUSTRIAL FILM; INTENSIFYING SCREENS; PERFORMANCE CHECKS;

RADIOLOGY;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; FILM; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; X RAY TUBE; XERORADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745481864     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/13/R10     Document Type: Review

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