Color Doppler ultrasound and spectral analysis of tumor vessels in the differential diagnosis of solid breast masses

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 72-79

  Şahin Akyar, Gülden ^a   Sumer, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast; Doppler studies; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0030020496     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199602000-00002     Document Type: Article

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