Basic physics and doubts about relationship between mammographically determined tissue density and breast cancer risk

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 348-353

  Kopans, Daniel B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TENDERNESS; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DENSITY; X RAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39549083444     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070309     Document Type: Note

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