Effectiveness of a noninvasive digital infrared thermal imaging system in the detection of breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 523-526

  Arora, Nimmi ^a   Martins, Diana ^a   Ruggerio, Danielle ^a   Tousimis, Eleni ^a   Swistel, Alexander J ^a   Osborne, Michael P ^a   Simmons, Rache M ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnosis; Digital infrared thermal imaging; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFRARED RAYS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 52049107145     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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