Influence of size and depth on accuracy of electrical impedance scanning

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2441-2446

  Malich, Ansgar ^a   Facius, Mirjam ^a   Anderson, Roselle ^b   Böttcher, Joachim ^a   Sauner, Dieter ^a   Hansch, Andreas ^a   Marx, Christiane ^a   Petrovitch, Alexander ^a   Pfleiderer, Stefan ^a   Kaiser, Werner ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast neoplasm; Diagnosis; Diseases; Electrical bio impedance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST LESION; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10744231841     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-1988-3     Document Type: Article

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