Clinical performance of a cone/annular array ultrasound breast scanner

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 361-374

  Fishell, E K ^a   Foster, F S ^b   Connor, T ^a   Khodai, M ^a   Harasciewicz, K ^a   Hunt, J W ^b  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast; Clinical evaluation; Cone annular array; High resolution; Transducer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING--DIAGNOSIS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT--PERFORMANCE; TRANSDUCERS--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BREAST CANCER; CYSTS; MAMMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND BREAST CANCER;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCULT CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0025294224     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(90)90066-L     Document Type: Article

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