Should previous mammograms be digitised in the transition to digital mammography?

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1890-1896

  Taylor Phillips, S ^a   Wallis, M G ^b   Gale, A G ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast screening; Comparative studies; Digital mammography; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

DATA COMPRESSION; GREAT BRITAIN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67650810169     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1366-x     Document Type: Article

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