Towards a more sophisticated use of breast ultrasound

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2425-2435

  Rizzatto, G ^a  

^a Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele III   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Doppler; Mammography; Nodal metastases; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPH NODES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0035203589     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1165-5     Document Type: Article

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