Critical issues in breast imaging by vibro-acoustography

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Alizad, Azra ^a   Whaley, Dana H ^b   Greenleaf, James F ^a   Fatemi, Mostafa ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Mammography; Radiation force; Ultrasound; Vibro acoustography

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIATION; TUMORS;

BREAST IMAGING; RADIATION FORCE; VIBRO-ACOUSTOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BREAST TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; VIBRATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; VIBRATION;

EID: 33845699876     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.06.021     Document Type: Article

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