Breast cancer imaging; a multidisciplinary, multimodality approach.9780323046770 Breast cancer imaging; a multidisciplinary, multimodality approach. Tartar, Marie et al. Elsevier Mosby 2008 614 pages $149.00 Hardcover RC280 Tartar (radiology, U. of California, San Diego), along with radiation oncologists and other radiologists, provides a guide to breast cancer imaging that explains the concepts, principles, and practices of imaging along with many mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her , computed tomography, MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. , ultrasound, and positron emission tomography positron emission tomography: see PET scan. positron emission tomography (PET) Imaging technique used in diagnosis and biomedical research. images. They cover the screening of asymptomatic patients to radiation therapy effects and issues, including cancer manifestations, mimics, treatment, and metastases, with a focus on the workup work·up n. Abbr. w/u A thorough medical examination for diagnostic purposes. and image-guided biopsy staging of complex, proven cases. The book assumes a basic knowledge of breast imaging. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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