Applications for positron emission mammography

Physica Medica

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 132-137

  Weinberg, Irving N ^a  

^a Fast Imaging Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast positron emission tomography mammography scintimammography FDG

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247219657     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1120-1797(06)80045-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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