Results of a multicenter patient registry to determine the clinical impact of breast-specific gamma imaging, a molecular breast imaging technique

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Weigert, Jean M ^a   Bertrand, Margaret L ^b   Lanzkowsky, Leora ^c   Stern, Lillian H ^d   Kieper, Douglas A ^e  

^a Mandell and Blau MDs PC ^*  (United States)

^b Solis Women's Health of North Carolina   (United States)

^c Women's Center at Nevada Imaging Centers   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast specific gamma imaging; Mammography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84455195420     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6105     Document Type: Article

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