Value of tissue harmonic imaging (THI) and contrast harmonic imaging (CHI) in detection and characterisation of breast tumours

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Clevert, Dirk A ^a   Jung, E M ^c   Jungius, K P ^d   Ertan, K ^e   Kubale, R ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Diagnostic Radiology   (Germany)

^c Passau Hospital   (Germany)

^d Department of Radiology ^*  (Switzerland)

^e SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast ultrasound; Contrast harmonic imaging; Spatial compounding; Tissue harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

FS 069;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST PAPILLOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INFILTRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846069138     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0325-z     Document Type: Article

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