Effects of a microbubble contrast agent on breast tumors: Computer- assisted quantitative assessment with color Doppler US - Early experience

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 485-489

  Huber, Sabine ^a   Helbich, Thomas ^b   Kettenbach, Joachim ^b   Dock, Wolfgang ^b   Zuna, Ivan ^c   Delorme, Stefan ^c  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, diagnosis; Breast neoplasms, US; Computers, diagnostic aid; Microbubbles; Ultrasound (US), contrast media; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031827027     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.2.9680580     Document Type: Article

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