Automated breast tissue measurement of women at increased risk of breast cancer

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4046 LNCS, Issue , 2006, Pages 131-136

  Patel, H G ^a   Astley, S M ^a   Hufton, A P ^b   Harvie, M ^c   Hagan, K ^a   Marchant, T E ^b   Hillier, V ^a   Howell, A ^b   Warren, R ^d   Boggis, C R M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Adden Brooke's Hospital Cambridge   (United States)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUTRITION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

FATTY TISSUES; GLANDULAR TISSUES; WEIGHT CHANGE;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 33746325847     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.03.057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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