Evaluating thin compression paddles for mammographically compatible ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 472-482

  Booi, Rebecca C ^a,b   Krücker, Jochen F ^a   Goodsitt, Mitchell M ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew ^b   Kapur, Ajay ^c   LeCarpentier, Gerald L ^a   Roubidoux, Marilyn A ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a   Carson, Paul L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Imaging; Breast; Multimodality; Quality assessment; Sonography

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSESSMENT; SONOGRAPHIC LESION DETECTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGING;

IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POLYURETHANES; RADIOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

POLYCARBONATE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMETHYLPENTENE; POLYURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST LESION; COMPRESSION PADDLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BREAST CYST; BREAST DISEASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 33847029967     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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