Application of Vibro-acoustography for Detection of Calcified Arteries in Breast Tissue

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-273

  Alizad, Azra ^a   Fatemi, Mostafa ^a   Whaley, Dana H ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcified breast arteries; Coronary artery diseases; Imaging; Sonography; Vibroacoustography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DISEASES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; TISSUE;

VIBRO-ACOUSTOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BREAST; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VIBROACOUSTOGRAPHY;

EID: 1042278095     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.2.267     Document Type: Article

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