Applying in vitro elasticity imaging results to optimize in vivo breast lesion characterization using a combined 3D US/digital X-ray system

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 727-730

  Booi, R ^a,b   Carson, P ^a,b   Erkamp, R ^a   Xie, H ^b   Kapur, A ^c   LeCarpentier, G ^a   Roubidoux, M ^a   Fowlkes, J ^a,b   O'Donnell, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Elasticity; Multimodality; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST STABILITY; MAMMOGRAPHIC PADDLE; RECONSTRUCTIVE ELASTICITY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33847168530     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2005.1602954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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