title: Breast imaging flow models.
abstract: Economically efficient and clinically effective breast imaging can be achieved through combinations and permutations of four fundamental breast imaging flow models: (1) the traditional flow model, (2) the online flow model, (3) the women's imaging flow model, and (4) the combination-care flow model. The structure, strengths, and weaknesses of these four individual breast imaging flow models are described and compared.
authors.affiliation: Women's Diagnostic Imaging Center, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA. jay.parikh@swedish.org
authors.forename: Jay R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Parikh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D008327:Mammography / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States