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Breast Image in Conventional Computed Tomography

Caption: An image of a breast using CT scan. This kind of scan is only possible in extracted samples, not in-vivo. The arrow shows the location of the tumor.

Credit: Courtesy of J Keyriläinen, M Fernández, M-L Karjalainen-Lindsberg, P Virkkunen, M Leidenius, K von Smitten, P Sipilä, S Fiedler, H Suhonen, P Suortti, and A Bravin, Radiology 2008; 249: 321-327.

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