Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 511-512 , May 2007

Mammographic Pattern Analysis: An Emerging Risk Assessment Tool

Received 16 March 2006 ,Accepted 16 March 2006.

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1 The author wishes to thank Srinivasan Vedantham, Ph.D., for valuable discussions on this topic. Disclosure: AK has research collaboration with GE Corporate Research and Development through his institution, Emory University. In 2006, he participated in one of General Electric’s advisory board meetings on breast cancer. The content of this editorial reflects solely the author’s views and it is not associated in any way with General Electric or any other sponsor.

PII: S1076-6332(07)00147-X

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.03.003

Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 511-512 , May 2007

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