Microcalcifications of breast tissue: Appearance on synchrotron radiation imaging with 6-μm resolution

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Imamura, Keiko ^a   Ehara, Norishige ^a   Inada, Yoichi ^a   Kanemaki, Yoshihide ^a   Okamoto, Joji ^a   Maeda, Ichiro ^a   Miyamoto, Keiko ^a   Ogata, Haruki ^a   Kawamoto, Hisanori ^a   Nakajima, Yasuo ^a   Fukuda, Mamoru ^a   Umetani, Keiji ^b   Uesugi, Kentarou ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Mammogram; Microcalcification; Morphology; Synchrotron radiation imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; AGED; BREAST DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTRON;

AGED; BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 42449151580     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2610     Document Type: Article

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