Breast-specific gamma imaging for the detection of breast cancer in dense versus nondense breasts

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 293-298

  Rechtman, Lauren R ^a   Lenihan, Megan J ^a   Lieberman, Jennifer H ^a   Teal, Christine B ^a   Torrente, Jessica ^a   Rapelyea, Jocelyn A ^a   Brem, Rachel F ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast density; Breast specific gamma imaging (BSGI); Molecular breast imaging

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BI RADS DENSITY; BREAST; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SPECIFIC GAMMA IMAGING; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DENSE BREAST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATTY REPLACED BI RADS DENSITY; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERA; HETEROGENEOUSLY DENSE BI RADS DENSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NONDENSE BI RADS DENSITY; NONDENSE BREAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCATTERED FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE BI RADS DENSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 84892768081     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11585     Document Type: Article

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