Microbubble contrast agent for color Doppler US: Effect on breast masses work in progress

Radiology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 679-686

  Kedar, Rajendra P ^a,c   Cosgrove, David ^a,d   McCready, V Ralph ^a   Bamber, Jeffrey C ^a   Carter, E Richard ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Schering Health Care   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, diagnosis, 00.31, 00.32; Breast neoplasms, US, 00.12983; Breast, diseases, 00.31, 00.32; Microbubbles, 00.12983; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies, 00.12983

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0030024266     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.198.3.8628854     Document Type: Article

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