Imaging breast density: Established and emerging modalities

Translational Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 435-445

  Chen, Jeon Hor ^a,b   Gulsen, Gultekin ^a   Su, Min Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84949815961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19365233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2015.10.002     Document Type: Review

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