Mammographic density. Measurement of mammographic density

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Yaffe, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONICS; X-RAYS;

EID: 55749094194     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr2102     Document Type: Review

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