Accurate estimation of compressed breast thickness in mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 577-586

  Mawdsley, Gordon E ^a   Tyson, Albert H ^a   Peressotti, Chris L ^a   Jong, Roberta A ^a   Yaffe, Martin J ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast compression; Breast density; Breast thickness; Mammography

Indexed keywords

PHANTOMS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST THICKNESS; COMPRESSION CHARACTERISTICS; CONSTANT THICKNESS; MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; PREDICTION EQUATIONS; VOLUMETRIC BREAST DENSITIES;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; THICKNESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 59249103058     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3065068     Document Type: Article

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