Approaches to improving breast cancer diagnosis using a high resolution, breast specific gamma camera

Physica Medica

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 17-19

  Brem, Rachel F ^a,b   Michener, Katherine H ^a   Zawistowski, Grace ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast specific gamma imaging; Scintimammography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TRACER;

BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247200458     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1120-1797(06)80017-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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