Real-Time Sonoelastography Performed in Addition to B-Mode Ultrasound and Mammography: Improved Differentiation of Breast Lesions?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1496-1504

  Thomas, Anke ^a   Kümmel, Sherko ^a   Fritzsche, Florian ^a   Warm, Mathias ^b   Ebert, Bernd ^c   Hamm, Bernd ^a   Fischer, Thomas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

breast lesions; breast ultrasound; mammography; real time elastography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33751349032     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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