Breast cancer in vivo: Contrast enhancement with thermoacoustic CT at 434 MHz - Feasibility study

Radiology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 279-283

  Kruger, Robert A ^a,b   Miller, Kathy D ^a   Reynolds, Handel E ^a   Kiser Jr , William L ^a   Reinecke, Daniel R ^b   Kruger, Gabe A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OptoSonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), experimental; Computed tomography (CT), thermacoustic

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033932015     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.216.1.r00jl30279     Document Type: Article

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