Should breast imaging practices convert to digital mammography? A response from members of the DMIST executive committee

Radiology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-13

  Pisano, Etta D ^a   Hendrick, R Edward ^b   Yaffe, Martin ^c   Conant, Emily F ^d   Gatsonis, Constantine ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 34548701812     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2451070393     Document Type: Editorial

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