The important role of infrared imaging in breast cancer

@article{Head2000TheIR,
  title={The important role of infrared imaging in breast cancer},
  author={Jonathan F. Head and F Wang and Charles A. Lipari and Robert L Elliott},
  journal={IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine},
  year={2000},
  volume={19},
  pages={52-57}
}
The results reported support the use of IR imaging in risk assessment, detection, and as a prognostic indicator. We present preliminary evidence showing that the improvements in technology that have been incorporated into second-generation, focal-plane, indium-antimonide detector systems can significantly improve breast IR images. 
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