Reproducibility of Breast Arterial Calcium Mass Quantification Using Digital Mammography

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Molloi, Sabee ^a   Mehraien, Toufan ^a   Iribarren, Carlos ^a   Smith, Christopher ^a   Ducote, Justin L ^a   Feig, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; coronary disease; densitometry; mammography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROXYAPATITE; MOLYBDENUM; RHODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BREAST ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CALIBRATION; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENSITOMETRY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59449110202     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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