Digital versus screen film mammography: A clinical comparison

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Faridah, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FILM MAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56149087740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.4.4.e31     Document Type: Review

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