Breast lesion characterization with contrast-enhanced US. Work in progress;Tentativo di caratterizzazione delle lesioni mammarie con mezzo di contrasto ecografico: Work in progress

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 104, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 443-450

  Caruso, Giuseppe ^a,b   Ienzi, Raffaele ^a   Cirino, Alessandra ^a   Salvaggio, Giuseppe ^a   Campione, Marcello ^a   Lagalla, Roberto ^a   Cardinale, Adelfio Elio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast, microcirculation; Contrast medium, Levovist; Ultrasound, color Doppler

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0036874789     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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