A class discovery and class prediction approach to histopathological classification of mammographic screen detected columnar cell lesions of the breast

Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-36

  Pathmanathan, Nirmala ^a,b   Salisbury, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Provan, Pamela J ^c,d   Bilous, A Michael ^a   Byth, Karen ^c   Milliken, Jane S ^a   Clarke, Christine L ^c,d   Balleine, Rosemary L ^c,d  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b Greater Western Sydney Giants Australian Football League   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast; Columnar cell lesion; Mammography; Pathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649139953     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00313020903434355     Document Type: Article

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