Elastography of breast lesions: Initial clinical results

Radiology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-86

  Garra, Brian S ^a   Cespedes, E Ignacio ^b   Ophir, Jonathan ^b   Spratt, Steven R ^c   Zuurbier, Rebecca A ^a   Magnant, Colette M ^a   Pennanen, Marie F ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Diasonics   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, diagnosis; Breast neoplasms, US; Breast, elastography; Breast, US; Ultrasound (US), technology; Ultrasound (US), tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CYST; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0031030125     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.202.1.8988195     Document Type: Article

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