Computer-assisted quantitative assessment of power Doppler US: Effects of microbubble contrast agent in the differentiation of breast tumors

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-244

  Kettenbach, Joachim ^a   Helbich, Thomas H ^a   Huber, Sabine ^b   Zuna, Ivan ^c   Dock, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Computer assisted; Contrast media; Doppler studies; Power Doppler imaging; Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE QUALITY; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONICS;

BENIGN; COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND (CD US); DOPPLER SIGNALS;

TUMORS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 12444326302     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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