Interference of breast implants with echocardiographic image acquisition and interpretation

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CARDIOLOGIST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIATION BEAM; REVIEW; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; ULTRASOUND;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST IMPLANTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947123597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-5-9     Document Type: Review

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