The positive predictive value of BI-RADS microcalcification descriptors and final assessment categories

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1378-1383

  Bent, Chris K ^a   Bassett, Lawrence W ^a   D'Orsi, Carl J ^b   Sayre, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BI RADS; Digital mammography; Microcalcification distribution; Microcalcification morphology; Microcalcifications of the breast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST IMAGING REPORTING AND DATA SYSTEM; CANCER RISK; CONSENSUAL VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951943540     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3423     Document Type: Article

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