Digital mammography: Do we need to convert now?

Radiology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-11

  Gur, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 34548682103     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2451062078     Document Type: Editorial

References (4)

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