Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 11 , Pages 1446-1457 , November 2008

Prevalence Scaling: Applications to an Intelligent Workstation for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

Received 4 March 2008 ,Accepted 24 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.04.022

Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 11 , Pages 1446-1457 , November 2008

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