The first analysis and clinical evaluation of native breast tissue using differential phase-contrast mammography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 801-806

  Stampanoni, Marco ^a,b   Wang, Zhentian ^a   Thüring, Thomas ^a   David, Christian ^a   Roessl, Ewald ^c   Trippel, Mafalda ^d   Kubik Huch, Rahel A ^d   Singer, Gad ^d   Hohl, Michael K ^d   Hauser, Nik ^d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^d Kantonsspital Baden   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

breast imaging; differential phase contrast imaging; grating interferometry; mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR;

EID: 81855161636     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31822a585f     Document Type: Article

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