Videodensitometry in the examination of focal breast lesions after injection of an ultrasound contrast agent

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2 C, 2006, Pages 1691-1698

  Blohmer, Jens Uwe ^a,e   Reinhardt, Michael ^d   Schmalisch, Gerd ^c   Lichtenegger, Werner ^c   Hausschild, Maik ^c   Kümmel, Sherko ^c   Fischer, Thomas ^c   Ohlinger, Ralf ^b   Thomas, Anke ^c  

^a St Gertrauden Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^e MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast ultrasound; Contrast agent; Levovist ; Videodensitometry

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BREAST LESION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RANK SUM TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEODENSITOMETRY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33645758698     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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