The Basics and Implementation of Digital Mammography

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 893-901

  Zuley, Margarita L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basics; Breast imaging; Digital mammography; Implementation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; WORKPLACE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEVICES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956908658     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.06.003     Document Type: Review

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