Adjunctive diagnostic value of targeted electrical impedance imaging to conventional methods in the evaluation of breast lesions

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 782-790

  Szabo B K ^a   Saracco, A ^a   Wilczek, B ^a   Bone B ^a   Aspelin, P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Comparative studies; Diagnostic accuracy; Electrical impedance imaging; Mammography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HISTOLOGY; MAMMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST NEOPLASMAS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPEDANCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BREAST DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 30844452923     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850500335036     Document Type: Article

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