Breast cancer screening with tomosynthesis-Initial experiences

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 180-183

  Tingberg, A ^a   Fornvik D ^a   Mattsson, S ^a   Svahn, T ^a   Timberg, P ^a   Zackrisson, S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81255163175     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr296     Document Type: Article

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