Thermographic detection of breast cancer

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 10-

  Foster, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3643123955     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.734241     Document Type: Note

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