Differences in breast density assessment using mammography, tomosynthesis and MRI and their implications for practice

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1032, 2013, Pages

  Tagliafico, A ^a   Tagliafico, G ^b   Houssami, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENSITY; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; WATER CONTENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BREAST; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84888599951     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130528     Document Type: Note

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