The history of breast ultrasound

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 887-894

  Dempsey, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EVALUATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

BREAST ULTRASOUND; INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ULTRASONICS;

BENIGN TUMOR; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142657208     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.7.887     Document Type: Review

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