The accuracy of digital infrared imaging for breast cancer detection in women undergoing breast biopsy

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 535-540

  Wishart, G C ^a,b   Campisi, M ^c   Boswell, M ^a   Chapman, D ^a   Shackleton, V ^a   Iddles, S ^a   Hallett, A ^a   Britton, P D ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnostic imaging; Digital infrared imaging; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953121434     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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