Quality assurance of mammograms in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program

European Journal of Radiography

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-29

  Hofvind, Solveig ^a,b   Vee, Bente ^c   Sørum, Ragnhild ^a   Hauge, Metta ^d   Ertzaas, Ann Kathrin O ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mammograms; Mammography; PGMI; Quality assurance; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOISE; NORWAY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 64349123879     PISSN: 17561175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejradi.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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