Organisational aspects of mammography screening in digital settings: First experiences of Luxembourg

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 195-198

  Shannoun, F ^a   Schanck, J M ^a   Scharpantgen, A ^b   Wagnon, M C ^b   Ben Daoud, M ^c   Back, C ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Luxembourg)

^b Programme Mammographie   (Luxembourg)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONICS; FILM DOSIMETER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUXEMBOURG; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RISK REDUCTION; STAFF TRAINING; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUXEMBOURG; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 55249111067     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn150     Document Type: Article

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