Tissue harmonic imaging sonography of breast lesionsImproved margin analysis, conspicuity, and image quality compared to conventional ultrasound

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 379-384

  Rosen, Eric L ^a   Soo, Mary Scott ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast ultrasound; Tissue harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING (THI);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST LESION; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035188147     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(01)00335-7     Document Type: Article

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